BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 13th , 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much the heart can hold.

Zelda Fitzgerald

TODAY’S ACTION

Remember that you attract what you give away.

TODAY’S QUOTE

I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.

Judith M. Knowlton

HAPPY TUESDAY !

It was a chilly day yesterday, I don’t think it reached 70 degrees. The sunshine did pop out every now and then and that was a good thing. I double checked my calendar this morning and discovered that dulcimer night is next Tuesday…it’s always the 3rd Tuesday of the month. So it will be a quiet week altogether…nothing special going on--just ordinary days.

Remember…Forgiveness is freeing to your soul.

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

TODAY IS SEWING MACHINE DAY

An expert tailor could sew 30 stitches a minute by hand. The first sewing machine, produced in 1830 in Lyon, France, could sew 200 stitches a minute. That machine only created a single thread stitch, but was still very impressive. The double-thread lock stitch was invented in Boston by both Isaac Singer and Elias Howe in the late 1840s. But, Singer made a better machine. It had a straight needle that moved up and down, a lever to hold fabic in place and was operated by a foot treadle. These first Singer's sold for $100 in 1849.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Open a Window Day, to let in the sounds and smells of spring before it's too late

1888 Congress creates the Department of Labor

1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital

1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)

1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks

TODAY’S SMILE

There's a book that tells you where you should go on your vacation.

It's called your checkbook.

Keeping Up Appearances

(Author Unknown)

I was sitting at a stop light this morning. The lady in front of me was going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed to green she did not obey its command -- a green light is a commandment - NOT a suggestion. When the light turned to red, and she had still not moved, I began (with my windows up) screaming epithets and beating on my steering wheel.

My expressions of distress were interrupted by a policeman, gun drawn, tapping on my window. Against my protestations of, "You can't arrest me for hollering in my car," he ordered me into the back seat of his.

After about two hours in a holding cell, the arresting officer advised me I was free to go. I said, "I knew you couldn't arrest me for what I was yelling in my own car. You haven't heard the last of this."

The officer replied, "I didn't arrest you for shouting in your car. I was directly behind you at the light. I saw you screaming and beating your steering wheel, and I said to myself, "What a jerk. But there is nothing I can do to him for throwing a fit in his own car.

Then I noticed the 'Cross' hanging from your rear view mirror, the bright yellow 'Choose Life' license tag, the 'Jesus is Coming Soon' bumper sticker, and the Fish symbol, and I thought you must have stolen the car."

TODAY’S WORD

licentious (adjective)

[lie-SEN-shahs]

1. lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards

2. disregard for accepted rules

adverb form: licentiously

noun form: licentiousness

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Come to me…and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28

His invitation is clear and nonnegotiable. He gives all and we give him all. Simple and absolute. He is clear in what he asks and clear in what he offers.

The choice is up to us.

Max Lucado

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Chrysanthemum tops may be pinched off to increase overall bloom.

8 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’

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