BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 24TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The beginning is the most important part of any work.

Plato

TODAY’S ACTION

Be the first, not the next

TODAY’S QUOTE

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Lin Yutang

HAPPY THURSDAY!

I tried to get all the laundry done last night after work and managed to vacuum the downstairs.. Tonight is my Bible study so I won’t get much done at home. Friday evening I can finish up what is needed .

Today will still be a warm one, but rain is expected. We didn’t get any at all yesterday.

The laptop is working just fine and I’m enjoying it here at home. I still need to download more graphics so today’s are about the same as yesterday’s.

After today just one more day of work for this week.

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.

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…CIRCUS CIRCUS DAY

Circuses are the most enduring form of entertainment in the world. In the Roman days, they featured wild animal duels and chariot races. During the middle ages, a circus meant traveling troupes that stopped in the marketplace with trained animals and acrobats. The kind of circus we know today began as a way to show fancy riding. Clowns were added to fill the time between riders, and the modern circus was on its way

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Teach the Children to Save Day

Today is National Pigs in a Blanket Day

1800: Congress approved a bill creating the Library of Congress

1981: The IBM Personal Computer was introduced

2005: Pope Benedict-16 was formally installed as leader of the Roman Catholic Church in ceremonies at the Vatican

TODAY’S SMILE

Deficient Noun Disease

1. Do you commonly find yourself calling your children by the wrong name, and feel like kicking yourself for spending so much time selecting just the right name for each child?

2. Do you find yourself saying to your child, "Sure, I know where you left your cookie." It's on the long white horizontal surface in the kitchen... you know, the one with the thing we cook with on one end and the thing we put stuff into keep it cold on the other end? Um... there's a sink in it?"

3. Do you tell people on the phone that you'll be happy to take a message, just as soon as you find a "message-writing-down thingamabob?"

4. In fact, do all the nouns in your vocabulary, nouns which have been your friends and companions since you were two years old, suddenly become "thingies" when you are under pressure? You may be suffering from deficient noun disease.

5. Deficient noun disease, or DND, is a common affliction among mothers of small children (older children too). While not a dangerous illness, DND is an exasperating and frustrating one which increases in severity in direct proportion to the number of children in the household.

6. Common symptoms of DND include the following: Calling children by each other's names, forgetting the proper names for common household objects, and casually referring to other adults not as "John and Jane" but as "those people with the pool who barbecue every Friday." Another common symptom is the frequent use of the WRONG noun in a given situation, rather like mild aphasia. Someone with this particular type of DND might say, "Put your plate on the stove...I mean on the counter... I mean ON THE TABLE!"

7. A less common symptom displayed by some DND sufferers is an ailment also referred to as the "Crossword" Syndrome. With this particular type of DND-related illness, the affected person might declare, "Oh, yes, I know her name. Let's see... it starts with an "S", has five letters...."

8. DND, although virtually untreatable and incurable, can still be endured with a minimum of pain and embarrassment if the afflicted person makes use of the following handy coping mechanisms:

9. One method of coping with the disease involves the clever use of nicknames, which can easily apply to any individual in the family, like "Dear" or "Sweetheart". This method breaks down when the DND sufferer is faced with the necessity of differentiating between individuals, or when she is talking to several people at one time, so the use of group nicknames, like referring to everyone in the room as "Y'all", a common Southern coping mechanism, is recommended.

10. Another good way to conceal DND from your friends and family members is to develop the habit of pausing in your sentences when reaching a crucial noun. If the pause is long enough, the other individual will attempt to guess the noun for you, and you need only respond in the affirmative when the correct noun is reached. Although this method may take time, it certainly adds suspense to an otherwise ordinary conversation.

11. The information available on DND is still patchy and incomplete, due to the unnecessary shame felt by many mothers who do not realize that this illness is widespread and quite common. Very few mothers are able to call their children by name, and it is difficult for them to believe that the time invested in picking out those names was, to put it bluntly, wasted. When education has removed the stigma from the minds of all women, this disease might very well be shown to be the most common affliction in human history.

12. The cause of DND is not yet known; some scientists believe that using a word over 100,000 times in the course of a lifetime may simply fade that word from long-term memory; mothers simply reach the lifetime limit earlier because they must repeat themselves so often. Other scientists hold up the two-year old child as proof positive that the repetition of a word more than 100,000 times (in this case, the word Mommy) does not cause selective noun amnesia.

13. Although modern science may never be able to cure DND or discover what exactly causes it, we as mothers and fellow sufferers can still help one another to recognize the illness and learn to live in harmony with it. The next time you hear yourself shouting, "CLAUDIA-CODY-BETSY-LOGAN-JILL .... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! GET IN HERE!", you can comfort yourself with the knowledge that mothers all over the world are doing the same thing.

Author Unknown

TODAY’S LINK

STRENGTH AND COURAGE

http://www.inspiringthots.net/movie/s-and-c.php

TODAY’S WORD

ubiquitous \yoo-BIK-wih-tuhs\, adjective:

Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time

Ubiquitous derives, via French, from Latin ubique, "everywhere," from ubi, "where." The noun form is ubiquity

TODAY’S REFLECTION

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

II Corinthians 3:18

When you get up in the morning and look in the mirror, whose face you see? Yours, of course. Today's scripture verse made me realize that when we humans look in our "spiritual mirror," we also see — ourselves.

We are selfish and tend to think, "It's all about me." But when you look in that spiritual mirror and see the glory of the Lord, you take your mind off yourself and begin to think like the Christ.

As you begin to think about loving others, you get the JOY that comes from putting Jesus first, Others next and You last. You begin to reflect the glory of the Lord to others and they are blessed by your presence.

Life is complicated and filled with many distractions. Don’t allow them to take your mind off your "spiritual mirror." Look in your mirror every morning and say with confidence, "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118:24).

http://www.ourprayer.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

A halo around the Moon predicts wet or stormy weather

57 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 SEE it!

I Love You All !!! Be Blessed !!!

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