ON THE BRIGHT SIDE MAY 19TH , 2006
TODAY'S THOUGHT
If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
Johnny Carson
TODAY’S ACTION
Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them
TODAY’S QUOTE
You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.
Vicky Braum
HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY !
I for one am looking forward to the weekend. Saturday I’ll be traveling with DD down to see our Princess in her Dance Recital Of course, I’m taking the ‘Deviled Eggs’ as that is her favorite! I love spending time with the grand’babes’ but it seems like it takes a special occasion for any of us to get together…they are just too far away!
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY IS…BAND AID DAY
In 1876, Robert Johnson was a 31-year-old pharmacist in Brooklyn. He attended a lecture about germs - and got a brilliant idea. With his brothers, he formed a company they called Johnson&Johnson. Until 1920, they only made surgical dressings for hospitals. This changed because one of their workers had a clumsy wife. While finding a way to cover her small cuts and burns, the band-aid was invented.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1898 Post Office authorizes use of postcards
1906 Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
1958 "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
TODAY’S SMILE
For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked.
The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government, leaving 19 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the work.
Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work. Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes.
Author unknown.
TODAY’S WORD
pro·di·gious adj.
1. Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous: a prodigious storm. 2. Extraordinary; marvelous: the young Mozart's prodigious talents. 3. Obsolete. Portentous; ominous
TODAY’S REFLECTION
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
Mark 11:25
One of my teachers had each one of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For every person we'd refuse to forgive in our life, we were told to choose a potato, write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag.
Some of our bags, as you can imagine, were quite heavy. We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one week, putting it beside our bed at night, on the car seat when driving, next to our desk at work.
The hassle of lugging this around with us made it clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually, and how we had to pay attention to it all the time to not forget, and keep leaving it in embarrassing places.
Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime. This was a great metaphor for the price we pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity!
Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person, and while that's true, it clearly is also a gift for ourselves! So the next time you decide you can't forgive someone, ask yourself... Isn't MY bag heavy enough?
Author Unknown
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Crush the seeds of sweet cicely and use them as a polish for wooden furniture
33 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart
Psalm 37:4
I Love You All!!!
Be Blessed !!!
MA
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