BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 18th, 2008

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

AUGUST 18TH, 2008

TODAY'S THOUGHT

If the sun has gone down, look up at the stars. If the earth is dark, keep your eyes on heaven. With God's presence and God's promises, you may always be cheerful.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Believe you can do anything you want to do if you work hard enough to achieve it

TODAY’S QUOTE

The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.

Sarah Brown

HAPPY MONDAY !!

Monday again ?? Already?? My 3 day weekend just flew by. It always does. Here we are a brand new week ahead. I’m always hopeful as a new day starts. We never know what surprises may be in store for us. Maybe some good, maybe some bad but each day is one to be thankful for.

I spent a lovely relaxing weekend at the camper with DS#1 and his family. I put a few pictures up for you to see in my GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE JOURNAL. The link is always at the end of each newsletter. We missed DD and her hubby, but they should be there next weekend.

I have another short work week ahead. Friday will be another vacation day for me. Then we’ll have Labor Day weekend which will be another 3 day weekend. After that I’ll have a very hard time adjusting back to a 5 day work week.

This Tuesday should be the evening I get together for Dulcimer with my friends. Next month we will start practicing our Christmas songs. It is hard to believe time is flying by so fast.

Our county fair is this week too. I don’t know if I’ll get to go or not but DS#5 and his wife will be there with a booth and he’ll be doing his caricature sketches. So we hope they’ll have a good week.

DS#2 called Sunday evening to say his trip was cancelled for this week. He was very disappointed as he had hoped to be able to spend some time with his children while he was there. He’s hoping they reschedule the conference soon.

That’s the news from home as I know it !

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…MOOT POINT DAY

During the Middle Ages, people argued with battle axes instead of words. If they could agree to discuss something at a meeting, the meeting was called a "mod". Moot is just an updated version of that old English word. A moot (meeting) point was a question that was open to debate. In the 1800s, people started to use the word to mean “of no significance or relevance.” Today, a moot point, no matter how long you discuss it, is considered something that has no practical value

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Ice Cream Pie Day

Today is Wizard Day, marking the premier of the film The Wizard of Oz on this date in 1939

Women's Voting Rights Day - In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. A young state legislator in Tennessee (the 36th state to ratify the Amendment) cast the deciding vote after being told to do so by his mother.

1587: Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina

1894: Congress established the Bureau of Immigration

1916: Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in Kentucky was given to the U.S. government as a national shrine to the 16th president

TODAY’S SMILE

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

In the faint light of the attic, an old man, tall and stooped, bent his great frame and made his way to a stack of boxes that sat near one of the little half-windows. Brushing aside a wisp of cobwebs, he tilted the top box toward the light and began to carefully lift out one old photograph album after another and his old journal.

Opening the yellowed pages, he glanced over a short reading, and his lips curved in an unconscious smile. His eyes brightened as he read the words that spoke clear and sweet to his soul as he read the inscription for Aug 18th. It stood out because it was so brief in comparison to other days. In his own neat handwriting were these words: ‘Wasted the whole day fishing with Jimmy. Didn't catch a thing.’

With a deep sigh and a shaking hand, he took up Jimmy's journal and found the boy's entry for the same day. Large scrawling letters, pressed deeply into the paper, read: ‘Went fishing with my dad. Best day of my life.’

http://www.todayismygifttoyou.ie/

TODAY’S WORD

philter \FIL-tur\, noun:

1. A potion or charm supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love.

2. A potion or charm believed to have magic power.

transitive verb: 1. To enchant or bewitch with or as if with a magic potion or charm.

Philter is derived from Greek philtron, from philein, "to love," from philos, dear, loving

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Do you wish to be perfect?

Matthew 16: 19-22

In this story, Jesus tells a man to give up his enormous wealth so he can fulfill his ideal relationship with God. The man was asked to go beyond the general principles of the commandments and take up a personal challenge.

The story inspires us to consider what might prevent us from our spiritual pursuits, and similarly adjust what may not be so valuable. For one man it was his wealth; he had to learn about giving and giving up.

Perhaps it would benefit us as well to take up an individual challenge and ask God to help us let go of our attachments. Whether these attachments are material or emotional, it might create new space in our minds for clearer perceptions and a healthier spiritual life

Online Prayer – Reflection on the Daily Gospel

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Harvest herb leaves and stems just before the plant flowers and just after the dew dries

35 DAYS UNTIL FALL !

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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