For Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 9TH , 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

e.e. cummings

TODAY’S ACTION

Be introspective, because the better you understand yourself, the more you have to offer

TODAY’S QUOTE

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Eden Phillpots

HAPPY TUESDAY!

We had another beautiful day yesterday and probably will again today. I’m off to work after I get my good cup of coffee and am wishing I had an outdoors job this time of year.

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

TODAY IS SAVE A RINO DAY

The rhinoceros is between 35-65 million years old. They used to live in North America, but are now only found in Asia/Africa - and in zoos. They have poor eyesight, but a sharp sense of hearing and smell - and they can run up to 35 m.p.h. Their diet is made up of bulbs, grass and leaves, and they use their horns to help gather food. These horns grow about 1 inch a year and are more valuable than gold. They are sold for $30,000/pound

TODAY’S TRIVIA

 Dagwood's Birthday - In 1995, the Blondie comic strip wished Dagwood Bumstead a happy birthday

Peter Pan Day - Think happy thoughts today on the birthday of James Matthew Barrie, the author of the book - "Peter Pan

Today is Lost Sock Memorial Day

Today is National Teacher Day, paying tribute to America's educators

1868: A little town in Northwestern Nevada was named Reno after General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer of the Civil War. The town was first settled by the Washoe Indians who used the area for festivals and ceremonies

1944: Jimmie Davis, who wrote the song "You Are My Sunshine," became the Governor of Louisiana

1964: Louis Armstrong hit #1 on the Billboard pop chart with "Hello, Dolly!" It was Satchmo’s first #1 hit in his 41-year career

TODAY’S SMILE

Epitaph from a Penobscot, Maine, gravestone

Here lies a poor woman, Who always was tired;

She lived in a house, Where help was not hired;

Her last words on earth were, 'Dear friends, I am going;

Where washing ain't done, Nor sweeping or sewing;

 But everything there is exact to my wishes,

For where they don't eat, There's no washing dishes;

I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,

But having no voice, I'll be clear of the singing;

Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn for me never,

 I'm going to do nothing forever and ever.'

TODAY’S WORD

bathos (noun) [BAY-thos']

1. overly sentimental and exaggerated pathos; triteness; triviality; banality: "The quality of your prose is quite good, but you need to rescue your plot from bathos."

 2. a sudden, unintended transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect; an unintended transition of style

3. an anticlimax

 TODAY’S REFLECTION

May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 33:22

It isn't easy to "hope in the Lord" when a loved one dies, or the doctor diagnoses your illness as cancer, or you see your child involved in drugs.

But when you make the difficult decision to hope in God's caring love, your mind is cleared

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Mend holes in screens with a bit of melted candle wax

43 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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