ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JANUARY 9TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln
TODAY’S ACTION
Today be happy with what you have—not discontent with what you don’t have
TODAY’S QUOTE
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage, pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically, to say no to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.
Stephen Covey
HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!
OVER THE HUMP DAY!
It really seems as though it should be Friday, but it is truly only Wednesday. I’m looking forward to March. It seems that on the 15th of March (the ides of March) is when I start picking up some steam.
My energy level is running on very slow and I feel like I’m just about out of fuel. Going to bed earlier, only makes me want to get up earlier. Which is a good thing, because Tuesday morning when I woke at 4:00 in the morning, I found out the power was out.
I decided that I’d best get up as the alarm wouldn’t be there to wake me if I fell back asleep. I dressed by candlelight and drank some cold tea from the fridge instead of my morning coffee. Shortly after 6:00 the power did come back on so I didn’t have to worry about getting the car out of the garage (it has an electric garage door opener). I know there is an emergency entrance somehow, but I haven’t ever tried it out before.
Hopefully this morning everything will be working correctly. It’s not a very nice way to start the day when things go crazy.
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…HAPPY DANCE DAY
Celebrated on the birthday of George Balanchine
This day honors all choreographers.
Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. George Balanchine
Hope it puts a SMILE on your feet!
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Static Cling Day
Today is National Stuffed Animal Laundry Day
Today is National Milk Shake and Muffin Day
Connecticut, entered the United States of America this day. Hartford, the capital of Connecticut ... and of the insurance industry ... boasts having the oldest newspaper, "Hartford Courant", which has been publishing since 1764. Many of the state’s symbols have been there as long, if not longer: state fossil: eubrontes giganteus; bird: American robin; flower: mountain laurel; tree: white oak; animal: sperm whale; mineral: garnet; shellfish: Eastern oyster; insect: praying mantis; hero: Nathan Hale. Nicknamed the Nutmeg State, Connecticut, the fifth state, also has an official designation: the Constitution State. In the 1630s, the English settlements along the tidal river gathered together to form the Connecticut Colony and wrote the first constitution in the new world, "Fundamental Orders". Connecticut’s motto: He who transplanted still sustains
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1984 - “WHERE’S THE BEEF?” Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers this day in the famous and successful commercial campaign for Wendy’s fast-food chain. Dave Thomas spent $8 million on the ads that promoted hamburger sales
TODAY’S SMILE .
Legend has it that when the famous frontiersman Davy Crockett was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1827, a newspaper reporter asked him if he’d ever been lost.
Crockett had grown up in the woods and wilderness of middle and western Tennessee and was often gone out on hunting trips for weeks at a time.
Crockett thought about the question for a moment and said, “Nope, I’ve never been lost. I have been a might bewildered for a week or two, but I’ve never been lost.”
Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.
Tom Stoppard
TODAY’S WORD
mimetic \mim-ET-ik\, adjective:
1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, "mimetic species; mimetic organisms."
Mimetic comes from Greek mimetikos, from mimesis, "imitation," from mimos, a kind of drama; also, "an imitator, a copyist, an actor." Related words include mimic and mime
TODAY’S REFLECTION
And in their prayers for you their hearts go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
II Corinthians 9:14-15
Today's scripture tells of God's great gift to us — grace, which someone has defined as "God's Redemption At Christ's Expense." Our lives can demonstrate the power his grace gives us.
We surely have much for which to be thankful. It makes us want to help others. And we have the opportunity to give others encouragement and appreciation, two of the greatest gifts we can give
Lord, forgive us when we forget to thank you for your indescribable gift. Help us always to remember to encourage and thank you and others. Amen
PRAYERFUL LIVING
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Sprinkle baby powder on a creaky window shade to silence a squeak.
71 DAYS UNTIL SPRING !
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 !!!
MA
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