ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
JUNE 9TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
The most important word in the English language is hope.
Eleanor Roosevelt
TODAY’S ACTION
Pause to admire the world
TODAY’S QUOTE
In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.
Karl Reiland
HAPPY MONDAY !!
Another fast but enjoyable weekend is now over and it is back to work once more. I’m always thankful for another day. It’s a new week and I’m sure new things will be coming my way. I’m always amazed that every day of my life I learn something new. There are pictures of my weekend on the GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE journal page if you want to see them just click on the link that is always at the end of this e-mail.
It was hot and sunny but we stayed cool in the pool and had fun. This will be a short work week as I have off on Friday for a vacation day. I’ll be heading for the camper right after work on Thursday. Saturday our Princess will be having her dance recital so DD and I are taking a break from camping to go to that too. I’m sure I’ll have lots more pictures to share next weekend.
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 inour 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…DONALD DUCK DAY
Donald's full name is Donald Fauntleroy Duck. He debuted in the cartoon "The Wise Little Hen" on June 9, 1934, so... today is his birthday. Donald lives in Duckburg with his three nephews; Huey, Dewey and Louie. He is the son of Uncle $crooge's older sister Hortense and her husband, Quackmore, but he and his twin sister, Della, were raised by Grandma Duck. He has a cousin, Gladstone, a pet St. Bernard named Bolivar and a long-term girlfriend, Daisy. His girlfriend, Daisy, was seen for the first time in 1937
Happy Birthday, Donald!
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
Today is Purple People Eater Day. Sheb Wooley's novelty song reached #1 in the U.S. on this day in 1958
1869: Charles Elmer Hires sold his first root beer in Philadelphia
TODAY’S SMILE
THE MESSIAH IN DISGUISE
Author Unknown
High in the mountains was a monastery that had once been known throughout the world. Its monks were pious, its students were enthusiastic. The chants from the monastery’s chapel deeply touched the hearts of people who came there to pray and meditate.
But, something had changed. Fewer and fewer young men came to study there; fewer and fewer people came for spiritual nourishment. The monks who remained became disheartened and sad. Deeply worried, the abbot of the monastery went off in search of an answer. Why had his monastery fallen on such hard times?
The abbot came to a guru, and he asked the master, “Is it because of some sin of ours that the monastery is no longer full of vitality?” “Yes,” replied the master, “it is the sin of ignorance.” “The sin of ignorance?” questioned the abbot. “Of what are we ignorant?” The guru looked at the abbot for a long, long time, and then he said, “One of you is the messiah in disguise. But, you are all ignorant of this.” Then, the guru closed his eyes, and he was silent. “
The messiah?” thought the abbot. “The messiah is one of us? Who could it be? Could it be Brother Cook? Could it be Brother Treasurer? Could it be Brother Bell-Ringer? Could it be Brother Vegetable Grower? “Which one? Which one? Every one of us has faults, failings, human defects. Isn’t the messiah supposed to be perfect? But, then, perhaps these faults and failings are part of his disguise. Which one? Which one?”
When the abbot returned to the monastery, he gathered all the monks together and told them what the guru had said. “One of us? The messiah? Impossible!” But, the master had spoken, and the master was never wrong. “One of us? The messiah? Incredible! But, it must be so. Which one? Which one? That brother over there? That one? That one?” Whichever one of the monks was the messiah, he was, surely, in disguise.
Not knowing who amongst them was the messiah, all the monks began treating each other with new respect. “You never know,” they thought, “he might be the one, so I had better deal with him kindly.”
It was not long before the monastery was filled with new found joy. Soon, new students came to learn, and people came from far and wide to be inspired by the chants of the kind, smiling monks. For once again, the monastery was filled with the spirit of love.
TODAY’S WORD
minatory \MIN-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:
Threatening; menacing.
Minatory derives from Latin minatorius, from minari, "to threaten."
It is related to menace.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.
II Thessalonians 3:13
God has blessed each one of us with a unique combination of interests, talents, and skills. It is when we recognize these blessings and begin to put them to use in how we make a living that work is transformed into an opportunity to receive the grace of God and when we do that, well, that’s when you’re able to truly live your entire life. What do you love to do? The answer to that question will ultimately lead you to the fulfilling life that you were looking for all along! http://www.ourprayer.org
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Don't throw away flat club soda; use it to water the plants in your garden
11 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 !!!
MA
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