ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
FEBRUARY 5TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
TODAY’S ACTION
Do your work with faithfulness and a grateful heart
TODAY’S QUOTE
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
HAPPY TUESDAY !!
Today is ‘Fat Tuesday’ and in our neck of the woods it is also ‘Paczki Day’. These delicious donut–like delights are baked by a bakery near by and I stopped yesterday and got my supply for today.
Traditionally they are served the day before Ash Wednesday. Polish people created paczki by taking all remnant baking supplies in the house, baked it in to round balls and filled them with lekvar (prune) or apricot filing or just ate them plain coated with sugar. Today people around the world enjoy paczki by the dozens.
I didn’t get dozens but just a few to satisfy the craving until they make them again next year. I guess I’m fat enough so maybe during Lent I can give up a little and loose some of these pounds. We’ll see…
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…OLD SHOES DAY
The oldest known shoe was found in an Egyptian tomb dated 2000 B.C. It was a sandal made out of woven papyrus - the main footwear of ancient people living in warm climates. Egyptian soldiers went into battle barefooted, but the Assyrians made the first boot for their military about 1100 B.C. Greek and Roman soldiers eventually gave up the barefoot tradition and the boot business was born.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Depending on where you are, today is Bursting Day, Mardi Gras, Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday, Carnival, or Fasching, The idea is the same everywhere: Get the partying all done tonight because Lent starts tomorrow..
Today is National Primrose Day
1861 - Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati, OH patented the moving picture peep show machine. One put in a coin and turned a crank on the side of the ornately decorated box and voila, a flickering movie appeared!
1953 - Walt Disney’s film, Peter Pan, opened at the Roxy Theatre in New York City. Although the film is now recognized as a great work, not all of the critics in 1953 took to the Disney stylization of the J.M. Barrie play.
TODAY’S LINK
EVEN NOW
TODAY’S SMILE
What Your Achoo May Say about You
Meet the four sneezer types.
Being sick is no fun, but checking out sneeze styles can be a hoot if you remember to stand upwind of the spray. After studying the ways people sneeze, Atlanta-based behavior expert Patti Wood and Steven Lamm, clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York University, drew a conclusion: Sneezers come in four main personality types (see below).
Which sneeze is best? "The healthiest way to sneeze," Lamm says, "is in one of the more 'contained' styles, such as the turn-away sneeze." Wood explains why: "A sneeze expels air from the nose at 100 miles per hour, sprays 100,000 bacteria and travels as far as any wind current."
Which sneezer are you?
The Sensitive Sneezer. One small sneeze and it's over. You're polite, always turning your head away. You're the warm, friendly type who enjoys a relaxed pace. Relationships with others are your top priority. You avoid conflict even if it means making personal sacrifices.
The "Be Right" Sneezer. When the big achoo comes, you cover your mouth. You are careful, accurate and a deep thinker. Before speaking, you consider the right words. Detailed and precise, you catch mistakes others miss. You have great insights and opinions, if others would just listen.
The Get-It-Done Sneezer. When possible, you hold in your sneeze. But when a sneeze finally escapes, it's a 4.0 on the Richter scale. You are fast, efficient, uncomplicated and self-sufficient.
The Enthusiastic Sneezer. When you sneeze, it's in multiples and blow-the-house-down loud. You are a charismatic leader and influencer who is imaginative and intuitive. You seek and cherish relationships with others.
TODAY’S WORD
magniloquent \mag-NIL-uh-kwent\, adjective:
Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.
Magniloquent is derived from Latin magniloquentia, from magnus, "great" + the present participle of loqui, "to speak
TODAY’S REFLECTION
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:37-39
Making the right decision is not easy. There are so many portions of our world that pull at us saying, “No one will know if you lie,” or “If you don’t look out for yourself, no one else will,” and “What’s the big deal?”.
We are bombarded with examples of people who cut this or that corner and seem to be rewarded for it. However, we must always ask the question, “Is it really worth it? Is the end result, whatever it may be, really worth putting someone else in harm’s way?
As we read our scripture today, I hope that you can answer that question with a definitive ‘no’. The ethic that we should live by is not, “Me at all costs”. Instead, it is a life that is rooted in service: to our God, and to all those with whom we come into contact.
To make the right decisions in our lives, we need to place what we are doing up against the barometer of this ethic Making life choices that are God filled are not easy, but they are right. Strive to do what is right as opposed to doing that which does as little wrong as possible. God wants us to shine as examples of love, honesty, and integrity
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
To avoid bad dreams, live simply, be regular in habits, and be cheerful
44 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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