BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR MONDAY, APRIL 28th, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 28TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Eric Hoffer

TODAY’S ACTION

Hold on to what is good

TODAY’S QUOTE

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Author Unknown

HAPPY MONDAY!

BACK TO WORK

It won’t be so bad for me working all week now as I now have a reward to look forward to each weekend. The camping is my reward and I just love it.

I was surprised on Sunday afternoon to look up and see my ‘old camping buddy’ and her husband at the campground. They looking around and hopefully found a spot to come camping on Memorial Day weekend.

It will be nice to have them there, almost like old times. For many years we camped together and had many happy days soaking up the sun.

I put lots of pictures of this past weekend in my ‘Good Morning Sunshine’ journal if you want to take a look. Each week now things are greening up and we’ve been blessed with 3 nice weekends in a row.

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

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

TODAY IS…SMALL CAR DAY

Small cars were offered for sale in the U.S. for the first time on this day in 1939. Actually, these little cars would make today’s compact cars look like land yachts! Imagine a car that sold for $325, was 10-feet long, had an 80-inch wheelbase and a four-gallon gas tank. We just described the Crosley which became fairly popular back in 1939 -- but wouldn’t survive. The little Crosley fought an uphill battle and was replaced less than 15 years later by the popular German Volkswagen Beetle.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Blueberry Pie Day

Today is Workers Memorial Day in the U.S. and National Day of Mourning in Canada for workers killed or injured on the job. It's Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama and Mississippi

1788 - Maryland was one of the first of the United States of America , entering the Union as number seven on this day. It was named in honor of England ’s Charles I’s queen, Henrietta Maria. Maryland ’s capital city, Annapolis , is famous as the home of the U.S. Naval Academy. Maryland, the Free State or Old Line State, calls the black-eyed Susan its state flower, and the Baltimore Orioles are the .... Maryland ’s state sport is jousting. " Maryland , My Maryland" is the official state song.

1789 - There truly was mutiny on the Bounty. A rebel crew took over the British ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island . A popular book about the event has been passed down generation to generation as one of the classic works of literature.

1940 - Pennsylvania 6-5000, the classic Glenn Miller signature song, was recorded on Bluebird Records

1947 - Explorer Thor Heyerdahl set sail from the Peruvian coast in the 45-foot Kon Tiki. The 4,300-mile voyage concluded 101 days later. Heyerdahl wrote a popular book about the ordeal called Kon Tiki.

TODAY’S SMILE

I've started an exercise program. I do 20 sit-ups each morning. That may not sound like a lot, but you can only hit that snooze button so many times

ONE MORE…

A new mom took her baby daughter to the supermarket for the first time. She dressed her in pink from head to toe. At the store, she placed her in the shopping cart and put her purchases around her.

At the checkout line a small boy and his mother were ahead of them. The boy was crying and begging for some special treat. The new mom assumed that he wanted some candy or gum and that his mother wouldn't let him have any.

But then she heard his mother's reply. "No!" she said, looking in the direction of the new mom. "You may not have a baby sister today. That lady got the last one!"

TODAY’S WORD

posit \POZ-it\, transitive verb:

1. To assume as real or conceded.

2. To propose as an explanation; to suggest.

3. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly.

Posit is from Latin positus, past participle of ponere, "to put, to place, to set.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer

Psalm 94:18-19

There is little in this life that wears us down and saps our energy as much as worry. The fear of the unknown leads us to worry, and too often paralyzes us from moving forward as those parents do.

Another form of worry that drains us of our energy and enthusiasm is the worrying that the truths we believe are actually illusions. So how do we drop those burdens that we insist on strapping on our backs? How do we move from a place of step and drag our worries to the freedom to move freely toward our dreams and goals

Prayer is the answer! When we come before God the Father with all that we carry, acknowledging that we do not have to carry these burdens with us, then we can lay them at his feet, lighten our load, and move with energy and grace that we could not have any other way

Being in conversation with the Lord though prayer reminds us of all his promises. You are forced to face the fact that God does not leave you. That in Him all things are possible. That He will provide us we all that we need, and that He knows exactly what that is. Think about those facts for a moment. It’s like a cup of coffee to the soul!

Now your ready to take on the day!

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TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Repot your houseplants as the days lengthen so they will grow well during the spring and summer months

53 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER!

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 SEEit!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MA MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’