BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2OO7

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The giant oak is an acorn that held its ground.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Plan for your future.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Joseph Addison

HAPPY SUPER SATURDAY !!

After a few cups of that good coffee this morning I’m heading south to the birthday party. I wish the trip wasn’t so long. I’ve got myself and the beagle all packed up and we’re ready to go. The cats and the bird will be on their own til I return tomorrow. They are much more independent and can do quite well by themselves for that long.

I won’t be sending out my e-mail til afternoon tomorrow as I won’t be home til around lunch time. The trip is just too long to do it there and back in the same day. I have done it before, but there is no need to push myself so I’ll stay overnight.

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…MICHAELMAS DAY

The feast of St. Michael the Archangel

Honoring the prince of guardian angels

It is said that if you eat goose today you’ll not want for money the next year

Michaelmas continues to serve as a seasonal signpost. In the British Isles, crops were harvested and sold by late September, and farmers paid their yearly rent on Michaelmas. Everyone ate goose at Michaelmas to bring prosperity, so many included "a goose fit for the lord's dinner" with their payment. Market fairs occurred on the feast day, and large crowds made it convenient to hold elections then as well. The custom of fall elections has continued, but today they have shifted to November

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Quick Draw Day, always on the birthday of Quick Draw McGraw, the cartoon horse who got elected sheriff in 1959. His deputy, a Mexican burro named Baba Looey, was much smarter than Quick Draw, but never let the sheriff know it.

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

Today is Gene Autry Day, marking his birth in Tioga, Texas, on this date in 1907. He made 94 feature films, 91 TV shows, and 635 recordings. He wrote "Riders in the Sky," "The Last Roundup," and "Back in the Saddle Again." His biggest hit was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

1963: The TV comedy "My Favorite Martian" premiered on CBS

1967: Gladys Knight & The Pips released "I Heard it Through the Grapevine

1990: The best-selling non-fiction book was Millie’s Book by WhiteHouse First Dog Millie Bush, as barked to First Lady Barbara Bush

1996: The Nintendo 64 video game system debuted in America

TODAY’S SMILE

We become vulnerable when we love people and go out of our way to help them.

That’s what the wealthy industrialist Charles Schwab declared after going to court and winning a nuisance suit at age 70.

Given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: "I’d like to say here in a court of law, and speaking as an old man, that nine-tenths of my troubles are traceable to my being kind to others.

Look, you young people, if you want to steer away from trouble, be hard-boiled. Be quick with a good loud no to anyone and everyone. If you follow this rule, you will seldom be bothered as you tread life’s pathway.

Except you’ll have no friends, you’ll be lonely, and you won’t have any fun!

Schwab had made his point -- love may bring heartache, but it’s worth it!

TODAY’S LINK

United States Surname Distribution

Enter a surname (last name) into the form in the URL below and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. This map is often helpful when trying to determine a starting point for genealogy projects. The source of this data is the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and 1990's phone books. Note that the Census data is a sampling of 1 in 100 names, so the 1990 data is the most accurate. - Copyright © 1999 Hamrick Software http://www.hamrick.com/names/

TODAY’S WORD

mendacious \men-DAY-shuhs\, adjective:

1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; untruthful; as, a mendacious person. 2. False; untrue; as, a mendacious statement.

Mendacious is from Latin mendax, mendac-, "lying."

TODAY’S REFLECTION

We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us.

Romans 12:6

It is important for us to understand that each of us had different gifts, and it is important that we use well the gifts we God has given to us. There are no superstars in God's work. In God's perfect plan for the world each of us have different talents, interests and abilities.

Not all of us can be teachers. Who would feed or clothe us? Whom would we teach? Not all of us can be farmers. Who would bandage our wounds when we are hurt? Our world functions as smoothly as it does because God has gifted us in unique ways.

So it is with the work of the Kingdom. Each of us has a different spiritual gift. When we all use our gifts as God intends, then the world is blessed and our own lives are enriched

Each of us has different gifts. The key to successful living is not to grieve over the gifts we do not have, but to take those we do have and use them in honoring God.

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Treat each day as your last. One day you'll be right

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

So many days old the Moon is on Michaelmas Day, so many floods after

84 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

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’