ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2006
TODAY'S THOUGHT
In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.
Charlie Brown
TODAY’S ACTION
Resolve not to magnify small problems. set aside petty grievances and look for solutions.
TODAY’S QUOTE
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.
William James
HAPPY FINALLY F R I DAY
Oh yes, it is getting chilly here. I know there will be lots more colder days on the way , but it is taking a lot of getting used to here.
Our tree out front turned to a beautiful golden color overnight it seems. It usually is the first on the street to do so. We’ve been loosing leaves on our Pussy Willow tree in the back for a few weeks now, but it doesn’t have the pretty color.
Another colorful sight I saw on the way home were these bright red leaves growing up some trees…you guessed it…poison ivy. Every thing that looks pretty, sure isn’t .
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…MY FAIR LADY DAY
My Fair Lady closed on this day in 1962 after a run of 6½ years. At the time, the show held the Broadway record for longest-running musical of all time. 3,750,000 people watched the wonderful show and heard tunes like Wouldn’t it Be Loverly, Show Me, Get Me to the Church on Time, I’m an Ordinary Man, I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face and the Vic Damone/Robert Goulet standard, On the Street Where You Live. After its Broadway success, My Fair Lady was made into a motion picture (1964) and won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Make a List of the Top Ten Happiest Days in Your Life Day. Jot down details (while you can still remember). Do it, it'll be fun.
1829: The first regular police force in London was started. They were called "bobbies" after Robert Peel, the Home Secretary who began the force. London's reorganized police force became known as Scotland Yard
1916: On this day John D. Rockefeller's wealth made him the first American billionaire.
1932: A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.
1960: My Three Sons was welcomed into U.S. homes on ABC-TV. Fred MacMurray, who was a movie actor, had a difficult time making the adjustment to the small screen. But adjust he did, and My Three Sons endured so well that CBS bought the successful hit for somewhere between seven and ten million dollars in 1965.
1996: Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in US
TODAY’S SMILE
The day finally arrived: Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself. The gates are closed, however, and Forrest approaches the gatekeeper. Saint Peter says, "Well, Forrest, it's certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you.
I must inform you that the place is filling up fast, and we've been administering an entrance examination for everyone. The tests are fairly short, but you need to pass before you can get into Heaven."
Forrest responds, "It shore is good to be here St. Peter. I was looking forward to this. Nobody ever told me about any entrance exams. Sure hope the test ain't too hard; life was a big enough test as it was."
St. Peter goes on, "Yes, I know Forrest. But the test I have for you is only three questions. Here is the first: What days of the week begin with the letter 'T'? Second, how many seconds are there in a year? Third, what is God's first name?"
Forrest goes away to think the questions over. He returns the next day and goes up to St. Peter to try to answer the exam questions. St. Peter waves him up and asks, "Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over, tell me your answers."
Forrest says, "Well, the first one, -how many days of the week begin with the letter 'T'? Shucks, that one's easy; that'd be Today and Tomorrow!" The saint's eyes open wide and he exclaims, "Forest! That's not what I was thinking, but ... you do have a point though, and I guess I didn't specify, so I give you credit for that answer."
"How about the next one" says St. Peter, "how many seconds in a year?" "Now that one's harder," says Forrest. "But, I thunk and thunk about that, and I guess the only answer can be twelve." Astounded, St. Peter says, "Twelve! Twelve! Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a year?" Forrest says, "Shucks, there gotta be twelve: January second, February second, March second....." "Hold it," interrupts St., Peter. "I see where you're going with it. And I guess I see your point, though that wasn't quite what I had in mind, but I'll give you credit for that one too."
"Let's go on with the next and final question," says St. Peter, "Can you tell me God's first name?" Forrest says, "Well shore, I know God's first name. Everbody probly knows it. It's Howard."
"Howard?" asks St. Peter. "What makes you think it's 'Howard'?" Forrest answers, "It's in the prayer." "The prayer?" asks St. Peter, "Which prayer?"
"The Lord's Prayer," responds Forrest: "Our Father, who art in heaven, Howard be thy name...."
TODAY’S WORD
qui·e·tus noun
1. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate. 2. Release from life; death. 3. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
... lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
John 4:35
Of the twenty or more times the phrase "lift up your eyes" is used in the Bible only a handful are negative and those generally forbidding lifting up eyes to idolatry. The primary thought is that to lift up one's eyes is to see reality. Over and over again, lifting our eyes is linked to the reality of God and his majesty.
God calls us to look outward and upward to the limitless possibilities he has placed before his children.
Lift up your eyes!
When you stumble, God has a new plan for you to follow.
Lift up your eyes!
You have mission given to you by the Creator of the universe.
Lift up your eyes!
The Holy One has great plans for you.
Lift up your eyes!
Your Father calls us to His glory and goodness.
Lift up your eyes!
There are no great visions on the ground at your feet!
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
St. Michael's rain does not stay long in the sky.
Michaelmas (Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel) -The feast day of St. Michael, the archangel and overcomer of the Devil, is a Christian celebration based on the ancient Celtic calendar. Its main importance in people's lives was that of a seasonal signpost in the year.
In the British Isles, crops were harvested and the surplus sold by late September, so this became the time when farmers would pay their yearly rents to landowners. Everyone ate goose at Michaelmas to bring prosperity, and many farmers included "a goose fit for the lord's dinner" with their rent payments.
Great market fairs occurred just before the feast day, and the large crowds these attracted made it convenient to hold elections at this time..
If you eat goose on Michaelmas, you will never want for money during the entire next year.
Michaelmas is also a "Quarter Day." The ancient Celtic people divided the year into four major sections, or quarters, and then divided each of these in half to make an eight-part year that reflected the natural progression of the seasons.
Foods traditional for Michaelmas include new wine; goose; cakes of oats, barley, and rye; and carrots. Some groups in the United States, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, have kept Michaelmas, or "Harvest Home," traditions alive.
83 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !
Delight yourself in the Lord and Hewill give you the desires of your Heart
Psalm 37:4
I Love You All !!!
Be Blessed !!!
MA
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