BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

OCTOBER 30TH, 2OO7

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Life isn't about the breaths we take, it's about the moments that take our breath away.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Find an opportunity for laughter whenever you can.

TODAY’S QUOTE

When we fail to praise people who deserve praise, two sad things happen; we run a chance of driving them from the right road for want of encouragement, and we deprive ourselves of one of the very happiest of our privileges – the privilege of rewarding labor that deserves a reward.

John Ruskin Bits & Pieces

HAPPY TUESDAY !!

We sure had a chilly start to the day on Monday. 31 degrees! Now that is below freezing for sure and yes, we did have frost on the ground. By the time I headed home from work, though, it had warmed up to 57 degree and it was sunny all day long.

Today after work, I’ll be working on getting my spare bedrooms in order. I talked to DD the other night and she suggested we get pizza for supper Thursday evening. That’s when DS#4 and his family will get in to town.

I’ve been having some difficulty sending out my newsletter recently. All the people that I e-mail on AOL accounts have been blocked . All their e-mail comes back undeliverable. I do keep this newsletter in a journal also. So if you don’t get an e-mail, please make sure to check out the journal page and you can read it there. The link is: http://journals.aol.com/marainey1/ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE/

I always try to put a copy there so I’ve an archive of all my newsletters. ( THIS IS THE JOURNAL YOU'RE READING NOW)

If I know I’m going to be gone and not sending an e-mail, I’ll let you know ahead oftime for sure.

Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !

1ST WARNING

Sunday, November 4th we set the clocks back one hour

TODAY’S PRAYERS

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.

And please keep all those employees of one of our Nation’s biggest auto manufacturers in your prayers. The company is in negotiations with theunion right now and I’m praying that all will successfully be worked out and that no one will loose a job because of their decisions.

My DSIL works there and I know how much it means to him.

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…FRANKENSTEIN DAY

In the summer of 1816, Mary Shelly was 19 years old and visiting a villa in Switzerland. Stormy weather forced the guests to stay indoors, so they spent the time reading ghost stories.

One night, Mary was challenged to write her own ghost story - and this became Frankenstein. The classic monster movie based on her book was made in 1931. It scared the living daylights out of all movie-goers and was the most famous role Boris Karloff every played.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Candy Corn Day

Today is National Buy a Doughnut Day

Tonight is Look in the Back of Your Refrigerator Night, also called Haunted Refrigerator Night

Tonight is Practice Winter Snuggling Night. On cold nights this winter, you'll be glad you did.

1964: Singer Roy Orbison received a gold record for "Oh Pretty Woman."

1984: Ghoul Freddy Krueger slashed his way across the movie screen in the first Nightmare on Elm Street.

TODAY’S SMILE

A farmer became tired of his farm; and no wonder, you'll say, for he was born on the place. He had spent all his days on that quarter section. When a boy, he drove the cows to and from the pasture, picked apples in the orchard, swam in the creek just around the bend, trudged across the meadow and through the woods to the little frame schoolhouse down at the crossroads.

When he grew to young manhood, he had plowed every acre of the tillable land in the spring, helped to put up the hay in the summer, threshed in the fall, and hauled fodder for the stock in winter.

To this same old home he brought his bride. His three children had been born under the same roof where he was born. They had now grown up and gone to homes of their own. He was sick and tired of the surroundings.

He wanted a change; and often in his dreams he pictured a quiet spot where conditions were ideal, where he could spend his old age in comfort and be happy. He told the real estate dealer in town how he felt, so the agent drove out and looked the farm over carefully. He felt sure he would have no difficulty in finding a buyer.

When the weekly paper came on Thursday, the old farmer looked over the ads, and found his farm listed. It stated that the Hammond place of one hundred sixty acres was for sale. The land was fertile and productive - a crop failure had never been known. Forty acres were covered with the best of timber; an artesian well furnished water the year round. There was an abundance of pasture land, through which flowed a small creek; and there was an ideal dwelling house of eight rooms. The barn was large and modern; there were machine sheds, and a granary with spacious bins. The place was well stocked with horses, cows, sheep, and chickens. It was close to the city, on the rural free delivery, and had a telephone. There were all kinds of fruit trees, both large and small, with abundance of shade around the house.

The old man read the advertisement the second time, then hitched up the team and drove to town to see the real estate agent. "I have read that advertisement," he said, "and as nearly as I can figure out, that's exactly the kind of place I have been wanting. I think I will keep it myself."

By Charles L. Paddock

TODAY’S LINK

Witches Brew – A card for you http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?cont=1&hdn=0&pv=3111911

TODAY’S WORD

impecunious \im-pih-KYOO-nee-uhs\, adjective:

Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Impecunious is derived from Latin im-, in-, "not" + pecuniosus, "rich," from pecunia, "property in cattle, hence money," from pecu, "livestock."

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 5:48

Jesus was teaching his disciples how important it was to love everyone: friends, enemies, strangers. And he ended with today's scripture. That is a rather tall order, isn't it? We have a loving God who knows that we are not perfect. But God can use imperfect people to do wonderful things.

It is good to know that the great people of the Bible weren't perfect, and yet God loved them, forgave them and allowed them to work in his kingdom.

Tom Skinner, well—known evangelist, said, "If you check out the life of Jesus, you will discover what made him perfect. He did not obtain a state of perfection by carrying around in his pocket a list of rules and regulations, or by seeking to conform to the cultural mores of his time. He was perfect because he never made a move without his Father