BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR F R I D A Y , APRIL 27TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 27th, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Have a desire to improve things.

TODAY’S QUOTE

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don't disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won't disappoint us.

Walt Disney

HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY

After work this evening I get to make my ‘deviled eggs’ again. This Sunday there’s going to be a party at DS#3’s house. Their youngest son is being baptized and their daughter is having a birthday. I asked what I could bring and that was the answer I got.

Tomorrow is my day at Dad’s and before I know it the weekend will be over. I know it hasn’t even started yet, but it is going to be a busy one.

DS#5 has a conference to go to out of town, so please say a little prayer for safe travels for him and for all who may be traveling this weekend for business or pleasure. (He'll be back home on Saturday and then going to the party on Sunday)

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 askthis in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

25 WORDS

God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me, and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name

TODAY IS…ARBOR DAY

The first Arbor Day was April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. That state was a barren plain, so the pioneers missed the trees - they also needed them for windbreaks, firewood and shade. Prizes were offered to the towns that planted the most trees on that one day. (It was estimated that more than one million trees were planted.) Over the years, This Date spread to other states and other countries. It is generally celebrated the last Friday of April, but the date is flexible to allow for local climates.

LINK TO THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

http://www.arborday.org/

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Hairball Awareness Day.

Today is National Prime Rib Day

On this, his birthday, we pay tribute to the man who created the fun-loving, slightly manic bird he called, Woody Woodpecker. Cartoonist Walter Lantz was born on this day in 1900 in New Rochelle, New York.

1947 - Organized baseball celebrated Babe Ruth Day. Major-league parks throughout the U.S. and Japan participated.

1965: R.C. Duncan patented a revolutionary disposable diaper he called "Pampers."

TODAY’S SMILE

A reporter was sent to find out what creates true happiness. Her first visit was to a wealthy man. "Why are you happy?" the reporter asked. "Why, I've got all this," he said showing her his vast pristine estate.

Her secondvisit was to a middle-aged couple living in the suburbs. "Why are you happy?" she asked the couple. "Because we have all this," both responded, explaining that they felt lucky to have each other, and were blessed with a daughter to care for.

Her last visit was to a financially poor woman in a run-down deteriorating neighborhood. "Why are you happy?" the reporter asked. The woman smiled and said, "because I have many things to be thankful for. I am alive, I have a roof over my head, and I am blessed by being able to bring up four children and watch them grow up."

She pointed to a small dirt park across the street with children playing and laughing and added, "and I have all this to enjoy."

Happiness is everywhere. Sometimes you just have to look around to see it.

Happy = Having A Positive Perspective (about) Yourself

Happiness is where we look to find it. Happiness is finding it where we look.

Happiness is in the perspective of the beholder...

Finding peace and happiness doesn't depend on getting rid of all conflicts and problems in life. . .rather, finding peace and happiness depends on learning how to deal with those problems and conflicts and knowing how to rise above them to enjoy the good things.

What if

: . . .you worked as if you didn't need the money?

. . .you loved as if you had never been hurt?

. . .you gave as if you had never been taken from?

Author Unknown to me

TODAY’S WORD

facetious (fuh-SEE-shus) adjective

Jocular or humorous, often inappropriately.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.

James 1:2

God didn’t say, “If you have many kinds of troubles”...he said “When you have many kinds of troubles…” Troubles are part of the package.

Jesus kept his eyes on heaven. While surrounded by enemies he kept his mind on his father. While abandoned on earth, he kept his heart on home.

When all of earth turns against you, all of heaven turns toward you. To keep your balance in a crooked world... think of home

1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2

http://www.maxlucado.com/

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Repel raccoons with dog hair, human hair, or mothballs.

55 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER !

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

Psalm 37:4

May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it!