BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 11TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

TODAY’S ACTION

Take notice of the changes that are blooming around you

TODAY’S QUOTE

May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.

Richard Evans

HAPPY FRIDAY !!

The end of another long work week has finally come and as always, I am so ready for the weekend! Plans for this weekend are totally up in the air. DD and her hubby want to move their camper to the campground, but the weather is not going to be very good.

The weather forecast is warmer and rain today, cooler and rain on Saturday with a possibility of a mixture of s--- and rain and the same for Sunday. I still cannot say the ‘s’ word. If we get a break in the weather we’ll go to the campground, if not…I’ll be staying at home for sure.

One way or the other the time is getting very close. When I do go camping on the weekends, you probably will not be receiving a weekend newsletter from me. (Maybe that’s a good thing) DS#4 has fixed my laptop and will be sending it my way soon, so there is a possibility that I’ll be able to make my journal entries, but not send out the newsletter.

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. GOD BLESS YOU ALL !

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…SUBMARINE DAY

A submarine is a vessel designed for underwater operations that can still sail on the water's surface. Aristotle described a submersible used in 332 B.C. by the sailors of Alexander The Great. There is also evidence that a primitive sub was built around 200 B.C. in China. It was centuries later before the first real sub was built in 1620 by a Dutchman (of wood encased in leather). From these beginnings, we have progressed to the nuclear powered subs that sail today.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is Barbershop Quartet Day.

By the way, Sweet Adeline, the love song that became a favorite of barbershop quartets, was written in 1903 by Richard Gerard and Henry Armstrong; and there really was a sweet Adeline. She was opera singer Adelina Patti. Today, female barbershop quartets are called Sweet Adelines

Today is National Dandelion Day

Today is National Cheese Fondue Day

1506 The foundation stone of the new St. Peter's Basilica was laid under the patronage of Julius II. (Thechurch was not completed, however, until 1626.)

1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station

1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut

1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity

1929: Popeye made his first appearance as a supporting character in a comic strip in Hearst's New York newspapers

1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)

1961 - Bob Dylan made his professional singing debut in Greenwich Village. He sang Blowin’ in the Wind

1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris France

TODAY’S SMILE

DIRT ROADS

By Paul Harvey

(This is an oldie but I thought it was good enough to repeat. If you’ve ’read it before I hope you enjoy reading it again)

What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved. There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.

People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home . . . a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.

We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along. There was less crime in our streets before they were paved. Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by five barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun. And there were no drive by shootings.

Our values were better when our roads were worse! People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you with dust & bust your windshield with rocks. Dirt Roads taught patience.

Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail, you walked to the mail box. What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.

At the end of Dirt Roads, you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap. Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole. At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini.

At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up a team and pull them out. Usually you got a dollar . . .

always you got a new friend . . . at the end of a Dirt Road!

TODAY’S WORD

pugnacious \puhg-NAY-shuhs\, adjective:

Inclined to fight; combative; quarrelsome

Pugnacious comes from Latin pugnare, "to fight," from pugnus, fist

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Think of farmers, how patiently they wait for the precious fruit of the ground, until it has had the spring and autumn rains. You too must be patient. Do not loose heart.

James 5:7

April feels a little different this year. Normally it has the honor of celebrating Easter but not this year. April unlike other months is not named to commemorate anybody or anything special. It gets its name from a Latin word, ‘Aprilis’ which means ‘to open’. This is a very appropriate name because nature is indeed opening up to new life all around.

We too are invited to open up to new life in our daily lives. It’s easy to be closed and remain so because of hectic schedules. But to be open to new life, new beginnings, new challenges and new ideas is indeed to be open to God. To be open and to be in touch with the beauty of nature is indeed to be close to God. We are called to be patient and not to loose heart. April is a great starting point on that journey

By James McSweeney

http://www.todayismygifttoyou.ie/

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

A cold April, much bread and little wine

70 DAYS TIL SUMMER !

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

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

MY HOMEPAGE I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

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