ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JULY 30TH, 2006
TODAY'S THOUGHT
The rainbows of life follow the storms.
Anonymous
TODAY’S ACTION
Today be flexible, adaptable, and receptive.
TODAY’S QUOTE
If you touch a spider web anywhere, you set the whole thing trembling. . . . As we move around this world and as we act with kindness, perhaps, or with indifference, or with hostility toward the people we meet, we too are setting the great spider web a-tremble.
The life that I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place and time my touch will be felt. Our lives are linked. No person is an island.
Frederick Buechner
HAPPY SUNDAY
Suddenly Sunday is here again. My Saturday whizzed by. We got the lawn mowed early in the day which was good because it became very hot and humid here. The house blessing and the laundry got done and we took dinner out to my Dad and spent the evening with him.
Today I’m off to church for my weekly dose of R& R and then home where I’ll probably spend most of the day indoors. It is just plain hot out today.
Take good care all and try to keep cool!
Have a great day ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.
Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior
GOD BLESS YOU !
TODAY IS…DEVILED EGG DAY !
What's a picnic without deviled eggs? These little delights are always the first to disappear from any table. And we all know somebody who is famous for their deviled eggs. So, where did they get their name? It's because they are always made with mustard!
FAMOUS DEVILED EGGS
6 eggs
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, sour cream or plain yogurt
3/4 teaspoon yellow mustard
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice or pickle juice (optional)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Paprika
1. Place eggs in a cold pan of water. Bring the water to a boil. Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid and turn off the heat. Let the eggs sit for 30 minutes to cook. Put the pan in the sink and run cold water over the eggs before peeling to keep the shells from sticking. 2. Cut the eggs in half lengthwise and take out the yolk with a small spoon. Place the egg yolks in a bowl and the whites on a plate. 3. Mash the yolks with fork. Stir in the remaining ingredients until well blended. Refill the whites, using about 1 tablespoon of yolk mixture for each egg half. Sprinkle with paprika and chill to blend the flavors.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Cheesecake Day.
Today is Paperback Day, marking the start of the paperback book revolution with publication ofPenguin #1, Ariel, A Life of Shelley by Andre Maurois in London this date in 1935. Books had been published with soft covers in Leipzig, Germany, as early as 1841, but never really caught on.
On this day in 1952, the popular radio soap opera, The Guiding Light, was seen for the first time on CBS television. The daytime drama continues today.
1898 - Scientific American carried the first magazine automobile ad. The Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH invited readers to “Dispense with a Horse.”
1942 - The WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services were a part of of the U.S. Navy.
1956: Eleven-year-old Brenda Lee of Lithonia, Georgia, recorded "Jambalaya" and "Bigelow 6-500" for Decca Records. Her biggest hits came in 1960 with "I’m Sorry," "I Want to Be Wanted," and "Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree."
1956: The phrase, In God We Trust, was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
1965: U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed legislation creating a health-care program for the elderly called "Medicare." It became effective the following year.
1998 - A world-record Powerball jackpot of $295.7 million was won by a group of 13 machinists who worked together in Westerville, Ohio. The group chose the cash option, and received a lump-sum payment of $161.5 million dollars.
TODAY’S SMILE
Important Things I’ve Learned From Kids ·
It’s more fun to color outside the lines. · If you’re gonna draw on the wall, do it behind the couch. ·
Ask why until you understand. ·
Hang on tight. · Even if you’ve been fishing for 3 hours and haven’t gotten anything except poison ivy and a sunburn, you’re still better off than the worm. ·
Make up the rules as you go along. · It doesn’t matter who started it. ·
Ask for sprinkles. ·
If the horse you’re drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.
·Save a place in line for your friends. ·
Sometimes you have to take the test before you’ve finished studying. ·
If you want a kitten, start out asking for a horse. ·
Just keep banging until someone opens the door. ·
Making your bed is a waste of time. ·
There is no good reason why clothes have to match. ·
Even Popeye didn’t eat his spinach until he absolutely had to. ·
You work so hard pedaling up the hill that you hate to brake on the way down. ·
You can’t ask to start over just because you’re losing the game.
The Trouble Tree
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. When opening the door, he underwent an amazing transformation.
His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again.
"Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there ain't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."
By Author Unknown
TODAY’S WORD
canicular (adjective)
[kah-NIK-yah-lahr]
1. of or relating to the star Sirius; 'canicular days'
2. of or relating to the dog days of summer;
"The world seems to move at a slower pace in these canicular days."
TODAY’S REFLECTION
For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace."
Ec. 3:1- 8
Successful people are at the rightplace at the right time to a great extent because they have learned how to take certain action steps in proper sequence. They have learned that scriptural truth, "to everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven."
They know that everything they desire has an appropriate place and time for accomplishment, and toward that end, they set their priorities in certain orders, prepare themselves in certain ways, and refuse to give in to discouragement or failures along the way.
Denis Waitley, Timing is Everything
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
To avoid sunstroke, wear a hat in the sun and drink lots of water.
54 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 !!!
Be Blessed !!!
MA
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