BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 16TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

What force is more potent than love?

Igor Stravinsky

TODAY’S ACTION

Find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings

TODAY’S QUOTE

There are the NOWS, WAS’S, and GONNA-BE’S.

A NOW is the most precious thing you can have, because a NOW goes by with the speed of light. Let’s say you’re having a beautiful NOW that you want to hold on to forever. No matter how much you want to hold on to it, it’s going to be a WAS. A lot of people get stuck in and can’t let go of the WAS’S. Those WAS’S get heavy, and they start to decay into SHOULDA-COULDAS. And they never have time for the new NOW.

Sid Caesar

HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY !

After today I have just one more day of work left and I’m so excited about that. Friday will be vacation day to go and spend more time at my camper. My car is almost loaded to the brim with more things to take. I also ordered more things needed for the camper so if they arrive by Thursday I’ll have to find room for them too.

I still have my little patio table and chairs that need to go, but I’m afraid they won’t make it this time unless DD and her hubby have room in their truck for them. There will be plenty more trips to take things though and they’ll get there sooner or later.

The following weekend and the weekend after that my camping will be cut short a little as two of my grandbabes have special days coming up andon one day of each of those weekends I’ll be going to celebrate with each of them. One way or the other, weekends are going to be very busy and enjoyable too !

It all will involve a little travel to be sure, but it is worth it. Spending time with my family is very important to me.

Today for the 3rd day in a row we’ll be seeing more sunshine here. The nights and early mornings have been very cold, but it’s getting a little warmer each day. I’m so thankful Spring has finally Sprung!

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…GUITAR PICKERS DAY

The guitar was invented by the people of Malaga, Spain during the 15th century. These first guitars were very small and strung with four pair of strings. Each pair was call a course. As the guitar later changed into a larger instrument, this "four course" guitar became the ukulele. During the Renaissance, the guitar was not considered a serious instrument and never replaced the popular lute. The first publication to include music for a guitar was written in 1546

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Stress Awareness Day, always the day after income tax are due

Today is International Moment of Laughter Day, time to set aside a moment to laugh

Today is National Auctioneers Day. At the first auction on this day in 1864, the first item auctioned was a sack of flour at Austin, Nevada.

1867: Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana.

1905 - An endowment of a college teachers’ pension fund was established by Andrew Carnegie. He donated $10,000,000 of personal money to set up the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

1935: The radio comedy program Fibber McGee and Molly premiered on the NBC Blue Network

1956: On "I Love Lucy," in an episode called Lucy’s Italian Movie, Lucy engages in what would become TV’s classic comedy grape-stomping scene

TODAY’S SMILE POEM

FOR COMPUTER USERS OVER 40

A computer was something on TV From a Science Fiction show of note

A window was something you hated to clean

And ram was the father of a goat.

Meg was the name of my girlfriend

And gig was a job for the nights

Now they all mean different things

And that really mega bytes.

An application was for employment

A program was a TV show

A cursor used profanity

A keyboard was a piano.

Log on was adding wood to the fire

Hard drive was a long trip on the road

A mouse pad was where a mouse lived

And a backup happened to your commode.

Cut you did with a pocket knife

Paste you did with glue

A web was a spider's home

And a virus was the flu.

Author Unknown

Three Kinds Of People

Those who make things happen.

Those who watch things happen.

And those who have no idea that anything has happened!

TODAY’S WORD

miasma \my-AZ-muh; mee-\, noun:

1. A vaporous exhalation (as of marshes or putrid matter) formerly thought to cause disease; broadly, a thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation.

2. A harmful or corrupting atmosphere or influence; also, an atmosphere that obscures; a fog.

Miasma comes from Greek miasma, "pollution," from miainein, to pollute.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

We look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18

Although we are created to cling tightly to life, God did not intend for us to live on earth forever. I lost much I once held dear, but I have gained immeasurably too.

Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: . . . a time to keep and a time to throw away" (verses 1 and 6).

Age and disability loosen the grip we have on this life and prepare us to look forward to the next. We have a choice to make: Will we spend our remaining days grieving for things of the past, or will we spend these days searching for the things of God?

Those eternal, unseen things will keep us close to our Creator http://www.upperroom.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Plant basil to deter flies and mosquitoes

65 DAYS TIL 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 !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’

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