BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 27TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.

Thomas Carlyle

TODAY’S ACTION

Remember that when you give, you gain much more.

TODAY’S QUOTE

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness that I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again

Stephen Grellet

HAPPY TUESDAY!

Just mostly cloudy here til evening yesterday and then it started to rain. More rain coming today.

Today is DSIL’s surgery on his hand, Please say a little prayer for him and the Doctors caring for him.

God Bless you!

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

TODAY IS…SUNGLASSES DAY

Smoke tinted glasses were invented before 1430 in China. But, they weren't for sun protection. Judges wore them in court so nobody could see their eyes and guess their opinion before a verdict was declared. Sunglasses as we know them today are a 20th century phenomenon. In the 1930s, the military commissioned glasses that would protect pilots from sun glare. But, they didn't become a real fad until the 1960s when an ad campaign said... Who's Behind those Foster Grants?

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Lemonade Day. Also a great day for lemonade cake and lemonade pie, not to mention lemonade sherbet

Happy Birthday to You" Birthday - The world's most popular song was first published on this day in 1924. Schoolteacher Mildred Hill of Louisville, Kentucky, composed the melody to the song "Good Morning to You." Her sister Patty wrote the lyrics. The stanza "Happy Birthday to You" was added in 1924,

1950: An 8-pound bear cub that had been seriously burned three weeks earlier in a New Mexico forest fire left for the National Zoo in Washington where he lived to the ripe old bear age of 26. Originally named Hot Foot Teddy by the firemen who saved his life, he became better known as Smokey the Bear.

1955: The nation's first automobile seat belt legislation is enacted in Illinois.

1964: R.C., "People" by Barbra Streisand peaked at #5 on the pop singles chart

TODAY’S SMILE

THE BLUE RIBBON

A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. She called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told each of them how they had made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters, which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."

Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this new acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results to see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.

One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened.

Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him.

His surprised boss said, "Well, sure." The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Could you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this, recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people.

That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes A Difference' on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor.

As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you. My days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and, well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"

The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. Hiswhole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow, Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I know you care. This is the happiest day I've known."

The boss went back to work a changed man. He was no longer a grouch but made sure to let all his employees know that they made a difference. The junior executive helped several other young people with career planning and never forgot to let them know that they made a difference in his life... one being the bosses son.

And the young boy and his classmates learned a valuable lesson.

Who you are DOES make a difference.

If you have anyone who means a lot to you, I encourage you to send this message to them and let them know. You never know what kind of difference a little encouragement can make to a person

Remember that! I GIVE YOU A BLUE RIBBON!

Who you are makes a difference, and I wanted you to know that!

TODAY’S WORD

ensky • \in-SKYE\

verb : exalt

Someone who has been enskied has been raised, figuratively, as high as the sky

The very first, and most famous, use of "ensky" occurs in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, when Lucio tells Isabella, a novice in a convent, I hold you as a thing enskied and sainted

TODAY’S REFLECTION

I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

As usual God has the answer. With God’s help and care we can find our true value. With God’s help we can develop a healthy self-esteem.

Each of us possesses incredible value because we are children of the Creator, who has a specific plan for our lives.

Dr. James Dobson

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Pesto will keep its bright color in pasta that is cooked with a few drops of lemon juice.

87 DAYS UNTIL AUTUMN

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!