BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 28TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

No matter how sad you are today, happiness and laughter and even joy are distinct possibilities for tomorrow, or if not tomorrow, the day after that

Linda Richman

TODAY’S ACTION

Contemplate new ways to extend you voice and bring beauty to the world

TODAY’S QUOTE

For everything there is a season, a time for meeting, a time to say goodbye. For everything there is a season, a time for loving, a time for letting go. In all things God is near, always guiding your way.

Celtic Blessing

HAPPY WEDNESDAY !!

OVER THE HUMP DAY!

How great to be starting the work week on a Wednesday ! I had such a nice little vacation and got plenty of rest for sure. I did put pictures in my Good Morning Sunshine journal when I got back home on Tuesday afternoon. So if you want to take a look at them just click on the link at the end of this e-mail and then scroll down to Tuesday’s entry.

I had a lovely surprise when I got home on Tuesday and found that my next door sister was busy this past weekend with putting our porch and patio rugs out and then even planting a few flowers in my pot on the porch step. Thanks Sis ! It all looks great !

It won’t be bad only working 3 days this week. But next week will be a long 5 day-er and that will not be pleasant at all. I could get used to working 3 days a week for sure.

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…KITE FLYING DAY

It's hard to guess who flew the first kites. But, we can date kites as far back as 3000 years ago in China - they were made from bamboo and silk and were first used by the military. Over the centuries, kites have been reproduced around the world for many different reasons. They took on mystical and religious meaning in most of Asia and were used in scientific experiments in the US (remember Ben Franklin). Most of all, they have provided endless hours of outdoor fun.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Senior Health and Fitness Day

Today is National Butterfly Day

Today is National Hamburger Day

970 BC: Solomon was born in Israel. He purposely became Israel’s best educated, richest, wisest king. He had more fun, more women, and achieved more good than any king in history. But he decided it was all vain, and that man’s whole duty in life was to honor and obey God

1929 - Warner Brothers debuted the first all-color talking picture. The film debuted at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City. Ethel Waters, Joe E. Brown and Arthur Lake starred in On With the Show

1953 - The first 3-D (three-dimensional) cartoon premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, California. The production, a Walt Disney creation/RKO picture, was titled, Melody

1954: President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that added the words "under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance

1959 - Able and Baker were two monkeys who survived a trip into space from a launch at Cape Canaveral, FL

1982 - The legendary train, Orient Express, made popular through Agatha Christie’s thrilling mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express, was reborn. The 26-hour train trip resumed across the European continent after a long respite

TODAY’S SMILE

Have you Learned to Relax?

Here's a relaxing idea

TODAY’S WORD

ribald \RIB-uhld; RY-bawld\, adjective:

1. Characterized by or given to vulgar humor; coarse.

noun:

1. A ribald person; a lewd fellow

Ribald derives from Old French ribaud, from riber, "to be wanton," from Old High German riban, "to be amorous" originally, to rub

TODAY’S REFLECTION

1 Peter 1:18-25.

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem—Ps 147:12-15, 19-20.

Mark 10:32-45.

Jesus was walking ahead of them.

To be a disciple of Jesus is to be baptized and to follow him. It is a path to glory, but not the kind of glory most people recognize. It is a glory that is found in letting go of narrow and distorted desires, the ones associated with the violence of being a winner at the expense of others.

No wonder the disciples in Mark’s gospel are ‘amazed’ and ‘afraid’ and not getting it. Jesus invites us to discover another kind of glory—where the flourishing of other people is not a threat to our flourishing. In fact, the full human flourishing of others transforms and makes possible our own.

Let us pray that the gift of the Spirit will transform our desire so that we may become more truly an image of God.

Daily Prayer Online http://churchresources.info

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

If you see a spider at noon, it is bringing you good news

23 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’