BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 26TH 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Aesop

TODAY’S ACTION

Stay true to what is right.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Abraham Lincoln

(1809 - 1865)

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

Over the Hump Day !!

Our temperatures are rising once more and each of the next few days promises a thunder shower or two…we’ll see how many evening walks I get in this week

This is the last full week of July already and it hardly seems possible. August will begin next week and I always think of that as the last ‘real’ month of Summer. I still haven’t had my ‘trip to the beach’ yet and I’d better get busy or the time will slip away from me.

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

TODAY IS…SUGAR CANE DAY

Sugar cane is a giant grass that grows in warm, moist climates and stores sugar in its stalk. This natural sugar is ground out of the cane as juice, boiled into syrup and spun into crystals. The end result is raw sugar that is a tan color and very coarse. Raw sugar is not used in food. It is shipped to another refinery to be washed and filtered to remove the color and any leftover plant material. It is then crystallized, dried and packaged toland at your nearest grocery store.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Saint Joachim and Anne Feast Day - These saints were the parents of Mary, mother of Jesus. They are the patron saints of grandparents.

Today is National Coffee Milkshake Day.

1775: Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster-General

1920: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting discrimination in voting on the basis of sex, is ratified

1968: Singer Jeannie C. Riley recorded "Harper Valley P.T.A." The Tom. T. Hall song skyrocketed to #1 and became the country music Single of the Year.

1984: "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" became the first network television show to be broadcast in stereo.

TODAY’S SMILE

A husband got in big trouble after his wedding anniversary. His wife told him the day before: "Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat."

The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.

One More…

When we get home," I lectured my three young sons in the backseat of the car, "I want you all to clean your rooms because Uncle Ed is coming over. He's never been to our house before, and I want it to look tidy."

My nine-year-old finally broke a lengthy silence. "But isn't that kind of like lying?

And Finally –

I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me.

TODAY’S WORD

ca·thar·sis noun,

1. Medicine. Purgation, especially for the digestive system.

2. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.

3. A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.

4. Psychology. a. A technique used to relieve tension and anxiety by bringing repressed feelings and fears to consciousness. b. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise

Proverbs 6:6;

The tiny ant teaches us many lessons: it is self motivated and highly industrialized; it collects its food in the proper seasons; it is fond of its young; it has foresight for others; and it works quietly without show until the work is done. It also works in cooperation and organization with others and it keeps its home meticulously clean. It knows its job and does it.

What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in Heaven for our Lord God... Martin Luther

From Daily Miscellaney

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Now the state of the crops is known.

58 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 !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’

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