BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 20TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters; they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

Charles R. Swindoll

TODAY’S ACTION

When we need a break now and then, how do we spell relief?

L-A-U-G-H !!

TODAY’S QUOTE

I learned that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.

Brenda Ueland

HAPPY TUESDAY

AND HAPPY LAST DAY OF SPRING

Ah, summer!

We really got some good rain showers , thank you Lord !

Now maybe things will start growing again. It’ seemed everything was drying up around here.

Yesterday DSIL hurt his hand at work and it seems that he may have to have surgery on it as his knuckle is fractured.

Please say a little prayer for him and his speedy recovery. He’ll be seeing the bone specialist today.

Take good care all !

Remember…Attitude is everything! If you think you can; you will

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

TODAY IS…YOGURT DAY

Yogurt is an old, old food that's been around for centuries, but it didn't become popular in the U.S. until the 1980s. People now eat it for breakfast, lunch, snacks - or even as a frozen dessert. All yogurt is an excellent source of calcium, riboflavin (B2) and protein. It can also be low in calories and fat - just read the label

TODAY’S TRIVIA

It’s National Vanilla Milkshake Day, sometimes called Ice Cream Soda Day.

Today is West Virginia Day. It became the 35th U.S. state on this date in 1863.

National Bald Eagle Day - In 1982, congress chose the bald eagle as our national symbol

1782 - The Great Seal of the United States was adopted by Congress. William Barton designed the seal which consists of an eagle, an olive branch and 13 arrows -- one for each of the original 13 colonies.

1837: Queen Victoria at age 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV. Ruled for 63 years (ending in 1901).

1867: President Andrew Johnson announces the purchase of Alaska

1877: Canadian inventor Alexander Graham Bell installed the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario

1948: Ed Sullivan has his first really big 'shoe' on Sunday night TV. `Toast of the Town' premiered on CBS-TV. It started his TV career that would span 23 years on a weekly basis.

TODAY’S SMILE

The Rewards of Raisinga Child

I have seen repeatedly the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It's nice, really nice.

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition..............

For those with kids, that figure leads to wild fantasies about all the money we could have banked if not for (insert your child's name here). For others, that number might confirm the decision to remain childless.

But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.44 a day! Just over a dollar an hour. Still, you might think the best financial advice says don't have children if you want to be "rich." It is just the opposite.

What do your get for your $160,140?

* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!

* Glimpses of God every day.

* Giggles under the covers every night.

* More love than your heart can hold.

* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.

* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.

* A hand to hold, usually covered with jam.

* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sandcastles, and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.

* Someone to laugh yourself silly with no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

* For $160,140, you never have to grow up.

* You get to finger-paint, play hide-and-seek, catch lightning bugs, and fly kites.

* You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh, watching Saturday morning cartoons, and going to Disney movies.

* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

* For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck.

* You get to be a hero just for retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof, taking the training wheels off the bike, removing a splinter, filling the wading pool, coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

* You get a front row seat to history to witness the first step, first word, first bra, first date, and first time behind the wheel.

* You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren.

* You get education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

* In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there with God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.

Author unknown

TODAY’S WORD

Piquant Pronunciation: /pee-KONT/

adj : pleasantly pungent; tart; spicy; stimulating

Her comments were thoughtful and piquant, but not unexpected.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Just for today let us adjust ourselves to what is, our family, our business, our luck, and not try to make the world over to suit us. It is a large order--if we cannot have what we like, maybe we can like what we have.

Just for today let us be agreeable, responsive, cheerful, charitable, be our best, dress our best, walk softly, praise people for what they do, not criticize them for what they cannot do, and if we find fault, forgive it and forget it.

Just for today suppose we do not hurry, or worry, or fly into a flurry, or hem and haw about a decision, but snap it out, cut the knot, and have done with it. It is amazing how indecision can tear one in two and wreck a day.

Just for today let us get people off our nerves, and not get on their nerves, appreciate the noble and gracious things they do--how brave and kind and lovely they are--often enough when their hearts are sore and heavy

Just for today let us ditch all the grudges we have against life because it did not give what we thought we ought to have, as if anyone ever got all he wanted. Let us look at it with fresh eyes and discover the wonder of it.

Just for today let us study something useful which requires attention, concentration, and do a bit of real thinking. Also, let us do a good turn for someone on the sly and not get caught--else it does not count

Just for today – every day – let us do at least two things we do not want to do, for exercise, to show that we are still boss. Let us not show anyone that our feelings are hurt; if they are hurt, let us hide it with a smile.

Just for today let us find or make a little time for quiet, to relax, to realize what life is and can be, and to resolve to make more of it; time to think about God and get things straight on the inside, untangled and clean

Everyday Religion, by Dr. Joseph Fort Newton

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Dust rising in dry weather is a sign of an approaching change

1 DAY 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 !!!

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