BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: For Wednesday

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 26TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Life is not a competition, it is a journey

TODAY'S ACTION

Be Christlike in your spoken words . . . and those left unspoken

TODAY'S QUOTE

To hurt someone you know will forgive you is the unkindiest thing of all.

Robert Brault

HAPPY WEDNESDAY DAY!

It is on the chilly side here this morning. It’s supposed to warm up a bit later on. Today is Administrative Professionals Day – I think I’m one of those. We’ll see if my bosses remember or not. Sometimes they do and give me a gift certificate to eat lunch out …sometimes they don’t. It really doesn’t matter as I rarely remember them on Bosses Day.

This evening I’m going to start taking down all the little shelves, pot holder hooks etc. in the kitchen, in preparation for the painting crew on Saturday. My spice rack needs a good cleaning so I’ll do that too.

Busy days here !

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way!

TODAY IS...NAIL POLISH DAY

The Egyptians were staining their fingernails with henna back in 3000 B.C., but nail paint was invented in China to show social rank. When the use of nail paint spread, it continued to signify social order - with red at the top. Queen Nefertiti painted her fingernails and toenails ruby red. Cleopatra used a deep rust red. But, it wasn't just women who were getting manicures. Egyptian, Babylonian and Roman military leaders had their fingernails painted before they went into battle.

TODAY'S TRIVIA

Professional Secretaries Day (now Administrative Professional’s Day) - Celebrated on the Wednesday of the last full week in April.

National Bird Day - Celebrated on the birthday of American painter, James Audubon

Today is National Pretzel Day

1785: American naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in Haiti. In order to devote time to his bird studies, he supported himself by giving lessons in music, dancing and fencing

1900: Seismologist Charles Richter, who devised the earthquake-measuring scale that bears his name, was born in Hamilton, Ohio

1921: Weather forecasts were heard for the first time on radio when WEW in St. Louis, Missouri, aired weather news

TODAY'S SMILE

Puppy Size

(Sorry this is a bit long, but worth it I think)

We've been back to this shelter at least five times. It has been weeks now since we started all of this," the little girl's Mom tells the volunteer. "What is it she keeps asking for? " the volunteer asked. "Puppy size!" the Mom said, exasperated.

"We have plenty of puppies, if that's what she's looking for." "I know. We have seen most of them," she said in frustration. Just then the young child came walking into the office. "Well, did you find one?" her Mom asked hopefully. "No, not this time," she said with sadness in her voice. "Can we come back on the weekend?" the mom asked.

The two women looked at each other, shook their heads and laughed. "You never know when we will get more dogs. Unfortunately, there's always a supply," the volunteer said. The young child took her Mother by the hand and headed to the door. "Don't worry, I bet we'll find one this weekend, "the child said.

Over the next few days both Mom and Dad had long conversations with the girl. They both felt she was being too particular. "It's this weekend or we're not looking any more," Dad finally said in frustration. "We don't want to hear anything more about puppy size, either," Mom added.

Sure enough, they were the first ones in the shelter on Saturday morning. By now the young child knew her way around, so she ran right for the section that housed the smaller dogs.

Tired of the routine, Mom sat in the small waiting room at the end of the first row of cages. The young girl walked slowly from cage to cage, kneeling periodically to take a closer look. One by one the dogs were brought out and she held each one. One by one she said, "Sorry, you're not the one."

Finally it was the last cage on this last day in search of the perfect size puppy. The volunteer opened the cage door and the child carefully picked up the dog and held it closely. This time she took a little longer. "Mom, that's it! I found the right puppy! He's the one! I know it!" she screamed with joy.

Mom, startled by all the commotion, came running. "What? Are you sure? How do you know?" she asked.

"The puppy sighs!"

"This one is the same size as all the other puppies you held these last few weeks," Mom stated.

"No, not size -- sighs! When I held him in my arms, he sighed,"

she said. "He sighed?"

"Don't you remember? When I asked you one day what love is, you told me love depends on the sighs of your heart. The more you love, the bigger the sighs"

The two women looked at each other for a moment. Mom didn't know whether to laugh or cry. As she stooped down to hug her child, she did a little of both. "Mom every time you hold me, I sigh. When you and Daddy come home from work and hug each other, you both sigh. I knew I would find the right puppy if it sighed when I held it in myarms," she said.

Then holding the puppy up close to her face she said, "Mom, he loves me. I heard the sighs of his heart."

Close your eyes for a moment and think about the love that makes you sigh. I not only find it in the arms of my loved ones, but in the caress of a sunset, the kiss of the moonlight and the gentle brush of cool air on a hot day.

They are the sighs of God. The more you love Him, the bigger the sigh.

TODAY'S WORD

Extirpate Pronunciation: /EKS-ter-payte/

n : to remove completely

The social worker wished for a day when poverty and unemployment would be extirpated

TODAY'S REFLECTION

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Psalm 37:4-6

Delight yourself in the Lord. To do this we must first know Him. We need to study and meditate on His word. We need to grow spiritually. When we have developed this relationship with God we will delight in Him.

Once we have this trusting and loving relationship with God we will turn over all phases of our life to his will. We will allow him to guide and direct us in our work, play, family, and other personal relationships.

Trust in God, we will see that he can better provide and care for us than we could ever manage by ourselves. More people would live to a ripe old age if they weren't too busy providing for it.

Anonymous

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

A burden one chooses is not felt

56 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

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