BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR JANUARY 2ND, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 2nd, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

We are capable of greater things than we realize.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

TODAY’S ACTION

Focus on making this year your best

TODAY’S QUOTE

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Brooks Atkinson

HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!

AND BACK TO WORK TODAY !

Brrr Chill ! It is a bit cold here today , but tomorrow will be even colder, so I won’t complain. We got a little snow. The ground is covered once more so things are looking brighter outside.

We had a grand feast on New Years Day and now I’ll be it’ll be leftovers the rest of the week. I always cook way too much . This will be a short work week as it is Wednesday already and that is a very good thing.

It will be a little quieter now that the holidays are over. I’ve always got lots to do though, so I won’t be bored for sure.

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

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.

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

TO REMEMBER… I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well.

TODAY IS…GET OVER IT DAY

Today is devoted to letting go of the past and any other obstacles in your way - a hearty "Get Over It" should be spoken every time you look in a mirror

TODAY’S TRIVIA

National Cream Puff Day

Happy Mew Year for Cats Day. Cats insist on holidays all their own

Some Day We'll Laugh About This Week begins today

1788 - One peach of a state, Georgia, became the 4th state to enter the United States of America. Nicknamed the Peach State for obvious reasons, Georgia is also referred to as the Empire State of the South. First explored by the Spanish, but named after King George II of England, Georgia became the stronghold of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Atlanta, its capital and largest city has been the center of commerce, communication, politics and transportation for the Southeastern region of the U.S. Georgia has a state bird: the brown thrasher; a state flower: for some reason it's not the peach blossom, but the Cherokee rose; a state tree: the live oak; a state song: Georgia on My Mind; and an official state motto: Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.

1941 - The Andrews Sisters recorded Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy on Decca Records. LaVerne, Maxene and Patty Andrews recorded in Los Angeles and the song was heard in the movie, Buck Privates, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.

1995 - The most distant galaxy yet discovered was found by scientists using the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. "8C 1435+63" was estimated to be 15 billion light years away. The discovery was made by a team of astronomers from the University of California, led by Hyron Spinrad. They found the new galaxy to be 150,000 to 200,000 light-years across.

2003: The NASA spacecraft Stardust flew through the halo of the distant comet Wild 2.

TODAY’S LINK

Wigs for Kids

Wigs for Kids http://wigsforkids.org

A not-for-profit group based in Rocky River, Ohio, that makes wigs for young people who have lost their hair to illness, burns or chemotherapy (I just found this site today on the web, but although he doesn’t use this particular place to donate, DS#5 has been donating his hair for several years now and Our Princess has been growing her hair for quite a while with the intentions of donating hers. It is a wonderful idea.)

TODAY’S SMILE

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today?" So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. "H-M-M," she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today?" So she did and she had a grand day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. "Well," she said, "today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail."

So she did and she had a fun, fun day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. "YEA!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!"

Attitude is everything.

TODAY’S WORD

Methuselah \muh-THOO-zuh-luh\ noun

1 : an ancestor of Noah held to have lived 969 years

2 : an oversize wine bottle holding about six liters William's colleagues brought him a Methuselah of champagne to celebrate his retirement, and there was still half a bottle left after all the glasses were poured.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Great is his faithfulness; his loving kindness begins afresh each day.

Lamentations 3:23

The 21st century is an age of change. Every day there are new inventions and improvements on old ones. It is important for us to be flexible and ready to accept these changes, so that we can say "What's new?" with joy.

Prayerful living allows us to bring our fears and anxieties to God, knowing that he is faithful.

Thomas Chisholm wrote,

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed thy hand hath provided;

Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me

http://www.ourprayer.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

The company makes the feast.

78 DAYS UNTIL SPRING !

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

Psalm 37:4