BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR F R I D A Y

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 9th , 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.

Samuel Smiles

TODAY’S ACTION

Waste not fresh tears, over old griefs

TODAY’S QUOTE

Think of three Things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."

Benjamin Franklin

HAPPY FRIDAY !

It’s the last day of my work week and I’m looking forward to the weekend. As usual it looks to be a quiet one. I wiil be doing the ‘ordinary’ things that come with the weekend. I love those ordinary days!

Have a Great Day All ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

TODAY IS…DONALD DUCK DAY!

Donald's full name is Donald Fauntleroy Duck. He debuted in the cartoon "The Wise Little Hen" on June 9, 1934, so... today is his birthday. Donald lives in Duckburg with his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie. He is the son of Uncle $crooge's older sister Hortense and her husband, Quackmore, but he and his twin sister, Della, were raised by Grandma Duck. He has a cousin, Gladstone, a pet St. Bernard named Bolivar and a long-term girlfriend, Daisy.

Happy Birthday, Donald!

TODAY’S TRIVIA

1869: Charles Elmer Hires sells his first Root Beer, in Philadelphia

1934: Donald Duck made his first screen appearance in "The Wise Little Hen."

1963: The movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY

TODAY’S SMILE

A journalist was assigned to the Jerusalem bureau of his newspaper. He gets an apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall. After several weeks he realizes that whenever he looks at the wall he sees an old Jewish man praying vigorously.

The journalist wondered whether there was a publishable story here. He goes down to the wall, introduces himself and says: "You come every day to the wall. What are you praying for?"

The old man replies: "What am I praying for? In the morning I pray for world peace, then I pray for the brotherhood of man. I go home, have a glass of tea, and I come back to the wall to pray for the eradication of illness and disease from the earth."

The journalist is taken by the old man's sincerity and persistence. "You mean you have been coming to the wall to pray every day for these things?"

The old man nods.

How long have you been coming to the wall to pray for these things?"

The old man becomes reflective and then replies: "How long? Maybe twenty, twenty-five years."

The amazed journalist finally asks: "How does it feel to come and pray every day for over 20 years for these things?"

"How does it feel?" the old man replies.

"It feels like I'm talking to a wall."

TODAY’S WORD

estrange

Pronunciation: /i-STRAYNJ/

v : to alienate or make unsympathetic or indifferent to Do not estrange the people you love.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.

John 14.27

Studies show that a lot of people are troubled, unhappy, and worried; and some with good reason. Jesus asked his disciples, "Why are you troubled?"

That's a good question for many of us!

FROM DAILY DEVOTIONS

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

A dream of gardens foretells great joy

12 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 !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’