ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MARCH 5TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.
Douglas MacArthur
TODAY’S ACTION
Don't waste energy in the wrong areas on the wrong things
TODAY’S QUOTE
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Abraham Lincoln
HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!
OVER THE HUMP DAY!
We had some crazy winter storm here in Ohio yesterday and through the night. It rained, sleeted and snowed; we even had thunder and lightning! Everything got a coating of ice. Today we are supposed to get more snow and it will be bitterly cold too.
I hope it warms up a little soon as Easter is so very early this year and our Family Feast is the weekend before Easter. We may be having snowball hunt instead of an Easter Egg hunt.
Take good care all ! 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.
God Bless You !
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…BRIDGE PLAYERS DAY
And just who started all of that bidding? Probably the English! They had a game called Trump back in the 1500s. This turned into Whist and became popular with the upper-class in the middle 1700s. Whist went through many changes, but ended up being the contract bridge game played today.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Cheese Doodle Day
Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day
1872 - George Westinghouse of “You can be sure if it’s Westinghouse” fame patented the air brake on this day. They were, and remain, especially important to trains, big trucks, buses and amusement park rides
1912: The Oreo cookie was born at the National Biscuit Company in New York. Since then, somebody has eaten over 62 billion of them. That’s enough to stack and reach the moon and back five times
1960: Sergeant Elvis Presley was discharged honorably from the U.S. Army
1996: Township Trustees in Milan, Ohio, agreed to pay the electric bill at the Thomas Edison Museum, so the power company wouldn’t have to turn off the lights at the birthplace of the man who invented the light bulb
TODAY’S SMILE
from one of my jornal friends:
"By gum, it's a lazy wind today" which was supposed to describe the freezing cold gale force wind we've had this last 2 days. "How so," I asked. "Well," he said, "It goes straight through you instead of going round.".
A Little Story for you ….
Many years ago in a small Russian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to the village money lender. The money lender, who was old and horrible, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter.
So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. The cunning money lender suggested that they decide the matter this way:
He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1. If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
Standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field, the money lender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. Now, imagine that you were standing in the field that day. What would you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money lender as a cheat. But he will not forgive the loan.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her Father from his debt and imprisonment. Take a moment to ponder over this story.
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chose any of the logical choices. What would you recommend the girl do? Do not look at the answer yet, give your advice after a few minutes of your own lateral thinking................
Well, here is what she did.
She put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble was black, they had to assume that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
And here is the last one for today…
Although we modern persons tend to take our electric lights, radios, mixers, etc., for granted, hundreds of years ago people did not have any of these things, which is just as well because there was no place to plug them in.
Then along came the first Electrical Pioneer, Benjamin Franklin, who flew a kite in a lightning storm and received a serious electrical shock. This proved that lightning was powered by the same force as carpets, but it also damaged Franklin's brain so severely that he started speaking only in incomprehensible maxims, such as "A penny saved is a penny earned."
Eventually he had to be given a job running the post office.
Dave Barry, "What Is Electricity?"
TODAY’S WORD
probity \PRO-buh-tee\, noun:
Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
Probity is from Latin probitas, from probus, good, upright, virtuous
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Everything God Created is Good
Sun and Moon
Psalm 104:19-20a
You made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows the hour of its setting. Your bring darkness, and it is night. The brilliance of the sun illumines the day, enablling us to work and recreate in its pleasant light.
The reflective light of the moon providentially mitigates the darkness of night for our convenience and enjoyment. Knowing our human needs, God arranged that the rhythm of day and night for man's work and rest. "The city had no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the lamb." (Rev 21:23)
Rejoice in Me
by Msgr. David E. Rosage
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
15 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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1 comment:
I am pleasantly surprised at the many things Douglas McArthur had to say.
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