BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

DECEMBER 18TH,2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Arthur Ashe

TODAY’S ACTION

Focus on your principles and not the success of the outcome.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Let us have music for Christmas… Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth; Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts, To bring peace to men on earth.

Mildred L. Jarrell

HAPPY MONDAY

Back to work this morning ! After a busy weekend I’m now looking forward to a 4 day work week and it will be a busy one . As always, if I take a day off, I have to cram into 4 what would have been done in 5.

Have a great day all ! 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.

TODAY IS…PLAY BINGO DAY

This game was invented in 1929 by Edwin S. Lowe. It has become a five-billion-dollar-a- year charitable fund raiser - plus given a lot of people hours of fun. BINGO!

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Bake Cookies Day

National Scrooge Week begins today (according to an old episode of the "Mr. Ed" TV show).

1719: Thomas Fleet of Boston published Mother Goose’s Melodies for Children. The stories had come from Fleet’s mother-in-law, Elizabeth Foster Goose.

1865: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, was declared in effect. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, save as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

1892: Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" publicly premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.

1935: A $1 silver certificate was issued. It was the first currency to depict the front and back sides of the Great Seal of the United States.

1956: "To Tell the Truth," one of America’s great panel shows debuted on CBS-TV. Bud Collyer hosted the program which enjoyed a 10-year run.

1976: "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC-TV. Lynda Carter was Wonder Woman; Lyle Waggoner was Major Steve Trevor. Wonder Woman had appeared in comic books since

1941. She possessed "the beauty of Aphrodite, the wisdom of Athena, the strength of Hercules, the speed of Mercury."

TODAY’S CHRISTMAS TRIVIA

Question: Wooster, Ohio, saw the introduction of a familiar Christmas item in 1847. What was it?

Answer: The Christmas tree, introduced by the town's German immigrants

TODAY’S SMILE SANTA UPDATE

Christmas Eve is a little more than a week away and things are quickly working into a frenzy at the North Pole.

Today, Elf Bernard reports new troubles in Santa's workshop are starting to slow production. "It is not like the old days," Elf Bernard said. "I remember when Tinker Toys and Tonkas were the big thing. We made them by the millions. But kids these days want everything from iPods to Nintendos.

Sometimes I think we're working in a computer factory, not Santa's workshop!" The workshop has been bogged down this week for a number of reasons.

A surprise unexplained shipment of coal arrived at the North Pole the other day. The problem lies not only with what to do with the coal but also just where to put it. "Coal is actually very dirty and Santa likes to keep his workshop absolutely spotless," reports Elf Bernard. "We're trying to find a way to send the coal back to where it came from but we cannot figure out who sent it to us or why!"

Power outages at the North Pole have also caused some issues. The past three days have seen severe weather here, which is not unusual at this time of year. Technically, we can work at the North Pole without power. We have candles, wood, camping laterns and such. We lived and worked here for centuries without electricity. "Yes, that's true," admits Elf Bernard. "But we can make Tinker Toys in the dark.

We can't make a PS3 without power though." Despite the troubles, Elf Bernard says that nothing will stop Christmas from coming. "Santa has a way of leading us through these tough times. We aren't really in bad shape, and we always make it."

There are lots of things going on in other places at the North Pole. I'll report on those tomorrow.

-- Elf Ernest

North Pole Weather: 4 degrees, Heavy Snow

Operation Merry Christmas Status: Ok.

TODAY’S LINK

ELF REPORTS ON WHAT’S NEW AT THE NORTH POLE http://santaupdate.com/update.php

TODAY’S WORD

Peace

Peess / noun

1 freedom from war

2 mental calm

3 peace treaty

4 law and order

5 state of harmony

(interjection) be calm or silent

TODAY’S REFLECTION

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village in Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you, one whose origins are from the distant past.

Micah 5:2

Narrowing Down To Bethlehem

Messiah must have a birthplace.

Three continents, Europe, Asia, and Africa were known to the ancient world; Asia was chosen. But Asia has many countries—one of them is indicated, a little country known as the land of promise, Palestine.

Here were three districts, Judaea, Galilee, Samaria. It is Judaea that is the elect one. But here again are many villages. Out of these the favored one is little Bethlehem.

To make the prediction more definite and certain, it is Bethlehem in the land of Judah.

A.T. Pierso

From Daily Miscellany

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Eat olives before a journey that may cause motion sickness.

3 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !

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’