BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 24th, 2OO7

TODAY'S THOUGHT

If you begin to live life looking for the God that is all around you, every moment becomes a prayer.

Frank Bianco

TODAY’S ACTION

Nurture what you love.

TODAY’S QUOTE

It is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.

Ann Landers

HAPPY MONDAY !!

We are supposed to start out the week with temps in the Mid 80’s. That’s pretty hot for northern Ohio this time of year, but by the weekend we’ll be in the high 60’s and that is about normal for us.

My closet is full right now because of the changing weather. I need summer clothing and fall clothing. Dressing in layers is the best way to go. Put on some short sleeve tops with something long sleeved and warm to start the day and then take off a layer as the day goes along.

Far too soon the layers will be warm, warmer and warmest…and if we are lucky we will take off a layer… Cold nippy weather is on the way and I for one will not be a happy camper for sure.

The smell of fall is in the air and the leaves are changing more everyday.

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.

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…LITTLE LEAGUE DAY

Honors the lessons taught in Little League, such as...

1. Life is not fair

2. You don't always win

3. Umpires can make bad calls

4. Your parents embarrass you

5. Sometimes you sit on the bench

6. Heroes still have to carry out the trash

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Family Day, a day to eat dinner with your children

Today is Share a Banana Split with Someone You Love Day

The creator of the lifelike characters, Jim Henson, was born on this day in 1936. The puppeteer first named his puppets, Muppets, in 1954 when he was working as a producer of the Washington, D.C. TV show, Sam and Friends. Henson moved his Muppets to network TV in 1969. Children of all ages were able to enjoy the Muppets’ antics on the educational, yet entertaining Sesame Street.

1961 - Bullwinkle J. Moose and his friend, Rocket J. (Rocky) Squirrel, were seen in prime time for the first time on NBC-TV. The Sunday night cartoon (7-7:30 p.m.) was called The Bullwinkle Show. Originally Bullwinkle and Rocky appeared on ABC in a weekday afternoon series, Rocky and His Friends.

1968 - The longest-running newsmagazine on television began on CBS-TV. 60 Minutes started on this, a Tuesday, night in 1968

1977 The Love Boat set sail -- on ABC-TV. Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod); Cruise Director, Julie McCoy (Lauren Tewes); Dr. Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell); Bartender, Isaac Washington (Ted Lange); and Yeoman-Purser, Burl ‘Gopher’ Smith (Fred Grandy) took to the calm seas each week. The show’s theme, The Love Boat, written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox, was sung by Jack Jones. The voice of Ernie Anderson, will always be remembered for his intros announcing, “The Luuuuuve Boat.”

TODAY’S SMILE

An old fellow came into the hospital truly on death's door due to an infected gallbladder. The surgeon who removed the gallbladder was adamant that his patients be up and walking in the hall the day after surgery, to help prevent blood clots forming in the leg veins.

The nurses walked the patient in the hall as ordered. On the third day they had the old fellow up and the nurse told how he complained bitterly each time they did.

The surgeon told them to keep walking him, no matter what. After two weeks, the patient was ready to go home. His family came to pick him up and thanked the surgeon profusely for what he had done for their father, telling him he was a miracle worker.

The surgeon was pleased and appreciated the thanks, but told them that it was really a simple operation and that they had been lucky to get him into the hospital in time.

"Oh no, doctor, you don't understand," they said, "Our father hasn't walked in over a year!"

TODAY’S LINK

Would you like to be flattered? Just type in your name when you are prompted

Visit: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html

TODAY’S WORD

abrogate \AB-ruh-gayt\, transitive verb:

1. To annul or abolish by an authoritative act.

2. To put an end to; to do away with.

Abrogate derives from Latin abrogare, "to repeal a law wholly, to annul," from ab-, "away from" + rogare, "to ask, to inquire, to question; also, to propose a law."

TODAY’S REFLECTION

As he thinks in his heart, so he is.

Proverbs 23:7

To listen to our vocabulary you’d think we are the victims of our thoughts. “Don’t talk to me,” we say. “I’m in a bad mood.” As if a mood were a place to which we were assigned (“I can’t call you. I’m in Bosnia.”) rather than an emotion we permit.

Or we say, “Don’t mess with her. She has a bad disposition.” Is a disposition something we “have”? Like a cold or the flu? Are we the victims of the emotional bacteria of the season? Or do we have a choice?

Paul says we do: “We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ” (2 Cor. 10:5). Do you hear some battlefield jargon in that passage—“capture every thought,” “make it give up” and “obey Christ”?

You get the impression that we are the soldiers and the thoughts are the enemies. Our assignment is to protect the boat and refuse entrance to trashy thoughts.

The minute they appear…we go into action. “This heart belongs to God,” we declare, “and you aren’t getting on board.”

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

By Max Lucado http://www.maxlucado.com/

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Libras tend to be diplomatic, charming, easygoing, and sociable

89 DAYS UNTIL WINTER

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