ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JUNE 12TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Norman Vincent Peale
TODAY’S ACTION
Work with faithfulness and grateful hearts
TODAY’S QUOTE
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Jim Rohn
HAPPY THURSDAY !!
After work today I’ll be heading for the campground and will be there til Sunday evening. It will be a great 3 – day weekend. Wednesday was one of those perfect summer days. Not too hot or too cold. Of course I was working, but hopefully there will be more to come before summer is over.
Today it will be a little more humid and a little hotter. We usually have a nice breeze blowing up on the hillside where we camp so that makes it very pleasant for sure.
I’ll be back with my newsletter to you on Monday morning !
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…RED ROSE DAY
Fossil records of roses date back 3.5 billion years. Jumping ahead to the 1600s, colonists brought the rose to America making it the oldest European plant grown in the US. "Modern" rose hybrids appeared in 1867, and by 1920 hybrid tea roses dominated the market. These roses remain the most popular variety today. Red roses are the national US flower, and also signify love and respect.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day
Today is National Buy Yourself a Toy Day
1939: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1963 - Elizabeth Taylor starred in the $40,000,000 film epic, Cleopatra. The movie certainly gave ticket buyers their money’s worth. It lasted for four hours, three minutes. Cleopatra opened at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on this day
1989: Graceland in Memphis opened the Elvis automobile museum
TODAY’S SMILE
13 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR LUCK THIS FRIDAY THE 13TH
(THAT’S TOMORROW)
The granddad of all superstitions, Friday the 13th is perceived as an abnormally ominous day. Many feel that there are numerous incidents and examples in history when a calamity befell someone foolhardy enough to challenge the number 13.
The ancient Hindus, as the story goes, started the whole thing when they avowed that 13 people at a table brought bad luck. Some trace the phobia to the fact that Christ died on a Friday, and that there were 13 at the Last Supper, one of whom betrayed Jesus. And more recently, there’s the move, Friday the 13th, which may fuel the superstition. Whatever you believe, this Friday is a 13th, so you may just want to do one of these things to keep bad luck from finding you!
1. Keep your fingers crossed – Making the sign of the Christian faith with your fingers is believed to prevent evil spirits from ruining your good fortune.
2. Knock on Wood – It was once believed that good spirits lived in trees and that by knocking on anything made from wood, we can call upon these spirits for protection against misfortune.
3. Find a four-leaf clover – Ancient druids believed shamrocks helped them to see evil spirits, providing the opportunity to avoid them.
4. Put your clothes on inside out – No one seems to know how this superstition originated, but the belief that backwards or inside out clothing brings good luck continues to be widespread – from children wearing their pajamas inside out in hopes of a snow day to baseball players and fans turning their caps inside out during important games, and more.
5. Look at the new moon over your right shoulder – The moon is central to many long-held superstitions, and the New Moon is seen as a ripe time for undertaking new enterprises. Whether those enterprises are successful or not depends on whether the New Moon is first seen over the right shoulder (good) or the left (bad).
6. Sleep facing south – The belief that sleeping with your head facing south promotes good health and fortune persists to this day, even among some doctors. The belief seems to be rooted in the Chinese art of feng shui, which attributes a causal connection between geographic placements and the movement of “qi,” or positive spiritual energy.
7. Break a clear, uncolored glass – While breaking a mirror is believed to usher in seven years of bad luck, thebreaking of a clear glass has traditionally been seen as a sign that you’ve averted some grave misfortune. The glass purportedly takes on the ill fortune in your place.
8. Walk in the rain – Anyone who’s ever been caught without his/her umbrella may dispute this one, but rain has always been a sign of good luck. This is probably because it is so important to the success of crops; before modern irrigation methods were widespread, a rainy season meant the difference between lean years and prosperous ones.
9. Sleep on un-ironed sheets – This is another superstition with uncertain origins. Luckily, few people iron their sheets these days, anyway.
10. Avoid cracks in the sidewalk – Most of us know the old rhyme “Step on a crack, break your mother’s back.” Whether the rhyme is the cause of, or a result of, this superstition is uncertain, though belief in it persists in many people today, even if subconsciously. Come to think of it, avoiding sidewalk cracks is probably a good policy for anyone who wants to avoid tripping.
11. Carry an acorn in your pocket – Acorns, the fruit of the sturdy oak tree, are an ancient symbol of fertility and long life.
12. Sneeze three times before breakfast – The number three has been seen as a lucky number in many cultures and religions throughout history. In Europe, where this superstition originated, the number’s association with the Christian trinity is an important association.
13. Pick up a pencil, a pin, a penny, or a piece of coal in the street – Finding, and claiming, any of these items has long been believed to portend good fortune. Some modern versions specify that only a heads-up penny is good luck. From an article in the Farmer’s Almanac
TODAY’S WORD
patrician \puh-TRISH-un\, noun:
1. A member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome.
2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
3. A person of refined upbringing, manners, and taste.
adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to the patrician families of ancient Rome.
2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
3. Befitting or characteristic of refined upbringing, manners, and taste. Patrician derives from Latin patricius, from patres, "senators," plural of pater, father.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Joshua was old and advanced in years; and the Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be possessed."
Joshua 13:1
WE older folks can learn from the message that the Lord spoke to Joshua: Yes, you are old, but you have much to do yet. The Bible shows us more than once that God uses older people. When God revealed that Isaac would be born, Sarah was 90 and Abraham 100 years old.
Moses was 80 when he led the Israelites out of Egypt. Anna, in the New Testament, was 84 when she witnessed to others that the newborn Jesus was the Messiah.
God is the source of the courage and strength we need for the tasks that lie before us, even though we may think we are too old or too young or "too" something else. God sees us and is the Lord of all our years. http://www.upperroom.org
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing.
8 DAYS TIL SUMMER !
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires ofyour 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 !!!
MA
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