BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR MONDAY , JULY 16, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 16TH, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.

Henry Drummond

TODAY’S ACTION

Challenge yourself.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Happy laughter and family voices in the home will keep more kids off the streets at night than the strictest curfew.

Author Unknown

HAPPY MONDAY!

Back to work once more !

Sunday was a nice quiet day so I’m ready for another week ! It should be a busy one and that’s always good as the time goes by faster.

I’ll be taking off Friday again so everything usually done in 5 days will be packed into 4.

The humming birds at are house seem to be multiplying and we have been enjoying them as we sit on the back patio watching them zoom around in the evening.

It’s great entertainment and it’s free!

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 forus in our time of need. I ask this 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…FRESH SPINACH DAY

Spinach is an annual plant that is part of the goosefoot family. It was native to southwestern Asia, but moved into Europe by the 12th century. It didn't became cultivated worldwide until the 1920s when it was discovered to be so nutritious. It's fate was sealed in the 1930s when Popeye sang, "I'm strong to the finish cause I eat my spinach". It has been a popular vegetable ever since.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Orville Redenbacher Day, marking the popcorn king’s birth in Brazil, Indiana, on July 16, 1907.

1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.

1926 - The first underwater color photographs appeared in National Geographic magazine. The pictures were taken near the Florida Keys.

1963: The U.S. Postal Service began using ZIP codes. ZIP means zone improvement plan. There are 43,000 5-digit zip codes

1981 - After 23 years of familiarity with the name, Datsun, executives of Nissan, the Japanese automaker, played with our minds and changed the name of their cars to Nissan. Nissan didn’t begin to show up on nameplates in the U.S. until the 1985 models were released.

TODAY’S SMILE

The checkout line at the hardware store was getting longer and longer as the clerk labored to get the new cash register to cooperate. At one point she wailed "Oh no, NOW what do I do ?

It just rang up sixty-four thousand, five hundred seventy four dollars in sales tax on a ten-dollar sale !"

Surprisingly, the customers in front of me didn't seem too upset by the delay. Some even chuckled sympathetically. It wasn't until I got near the front of the line that I saw the neatly hand-lettered sign in front of the register:

WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING BATTLE WITH OUR NEW COMPUTER FOR CONTROL OF THE STORE - WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE

FRUGAL TIP PART 2

SIMPLY GENEROUS

If you can't afford to buy gifts for loved ones and friends this year, use something other than money to create what you want. Give gifts of the heart.

GIFTS YOU MAKE

Make and give your specialty items, whether it's a German chocolate cake, spinach quiche, or fudge. If you're giving salad dressing, relish, jam, or jelly, decorate the jars with ribbons, decals, and festive stickers.

Put together an attractive recipe book or index cards in an inexpensive tin for those who have expressed an interest in some of your favorite dishes.

Personalize stationery. Purchase inexpensive colored paper with matching envelopes in bulk from a stationery outlet or discount store. Either draw freehand or use stencils or inked stamps to add designs to the stationery and envelopes. Tie them together with colorful ribbons.

TODAY’S LINK

One Day at a Time http://www.marycy.org/solitude.html

TODAY’S WORD

providential \prov-uh-DEN(T)-shuhl\, adjective:

1. Of or resulting from divine direction or superintendence.

2. Occurring through or as if through divine intervention; peculiarly fortunate or appropriate.

Providential derives from Latin providentia, from providens, provident-, present participle of providere, literally, "to see ahead," from pro-, "forward" + videre, "to see."

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved." By your favor, O Lord, you had established me as a strong mountain; you hid your face; I was dismayed. To you, O Lord, I cried, and to the Lord I made supplication: "What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me! O Lord, be my helper!" You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.

Psalm 30:4-12

Enjoy God.. This is one of my favorite expressions.

The words were first written in sixtenth century England when life was not that enjoyable. Despite the hardship of living faith in that particular era, faithful ones joyfully proclaimed, “Enjoy God!”

The story of faith unfolds again and again in the Psalms. We are assured that tears will not be the end of our story. Joy comes with the morning! Boredom will not have the last word. Joy comes with the morning! Death will not win. Joy comes with the morning!

God has turned our sad stories into dancing. God has been good. Enjoy God in all moments, at all times. Enjoy God!

http://www.d365.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Place sprigs of summer savory in drawers to repel moths.

68 DAYS UNTIL AUTUMN!

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!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’