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Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

gloriajean — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:06:20 GMT

Hello my friends! What a beautiful day God gave us today! My husband is very busy cleaning out our garage, bought some cabinets now (used ones for only $100.00) good buy! and he wants to paint them. He wants our garage really nice for our Anniversary party last day in Aug. Next week he works almost full time because of some at work are on vacations. He won't have time for anything else. Hope he sells a lot of appliances! Please - I hope you haven't stopped praying for my niece, Terri, so she'll come home and she and Deil, her mother, can be reconciled before it's too late. Deil is 91. Terri is missing for a long time now, we cannot locate her, we just have to rely upon God to bring her back! Who knows? She could be caught up in a cult of some kind, she's estranged from her 4 brothers too, and all of us! It was a blessing to see a new one here today - spookyghost! Come again, and hope you like it here. All are welcome - just keep this positive and prayerful and post your blessings that God gives you daily!! Blessings we lots of times just overlook and don't realize they are blessings from God! I was blessed today by our beautiful weather, our friends, phone calls, and my wonderful husband. Another blessing was my daughter, Lori, was here for supper tonight after work, love that! We had ribs.

Today do what you can and expect no more of yourself. Lord, I will

feel joy in my accomplishments today and gratitude for the things

I have to do tomorrow.

Scripture for the day:

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not

be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given

to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be

put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get

back." ~Luke 6:37-38

Meditation for the day:

I can try never to judge. The human mind is so delicate and so complex that

only God can know it wholly. Each mind is so different, actuated by such

different motives, controlled by such different circumstances, influenced by

such different sufferings, we cannot know all the influences that have gone

to make up a personality.

Therefore, it is impossible for us to judge wholly that personality.

But God knows that person wholly and God can change it. We can leave to God

the unraveling of the puzzles of personality. We can leave it to God to

teach us the proper understanding.

Prayer for the day:

I pray that I may not judge other people. I pray that I may be certain that

God can set right what is wrong in every personality.

FIND PEOPLE WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE

By Francis J. Kong

A teacher asked her third grader to write about their personal

heroes.

One little girl brought the essay home and showed it to her parents.

Her father was flattered that her daughter had chosen him.

"Why did you pick me?" he asked expectantly. And the sweet little girl

replied: "Because I couldn't spell

Schwarzennegger. " Who are the people you admire? Who are your heroes

and role models in life? Who would make it to your personal "5 Most

Successful People list?"

To many business people I know the five names on their Successful

People list would most likely be found in the world's richest people

list. But what about yours? Who would make it to your list? Michael

Josephson takes it a step farther. He says: "Think of the five most

successful people you know. Now think of the five happiest. How many

made both lists?" Amazing isn't it? The five most successful people in

the world for you may not exactly turn out to be the five happiest

people in the world too. Here is the

reason why.

My heroes in life are certainly not the names you find in business

magazines.

They are heroes because they have positively impacted my life and

inspired me to become better.

In real life, the greatest heroes are often found among the most

ordinary people.

Josephson says: "Most people think of success in terms of possessions

and achievements, while happiness is a state of mind. It's common to

think success will bring happiness, but that's often not the case."

Think about what the people on your happy list have in common. I'll

bet they have better-than- average relationships, especially with

their spouses and children. Of course, other factors besides good

relationships also tend to produce happiness – like good health,

enjoying one's work, and having fun. And people driven by spiritual

and ethical values usually are more content than those who measure

success in terms of prosperity, pleasure, and peer approval. Why are

many successful people unhappy?

I guess one of the reasons is that in their quest to succeed, the

journey getting there has been littered with a lot of relationship

casualties along the way while those who are happy have very healthy

relationships. And if I were to choose the one thing most essential to

happiness, it would be good relationships.

Many leaders fail to understand this. They would sacrifice

relationships just to achieve their own versions of "success" and then

one day looked at themselves in the mirror and say: "It's lonely at

the top." If that is the case, then there is something wrong. Real

successful people are those who do not only have healthy

accomplishments they have healthy relationships along the way and they

share the joy with other people at the top.

Think about it. The happiness quotient of people who live high-flying

lives of the rich and famous or the swinging lives of the young and

beautiful is surprisingly low. Yes, these people experience plenty of

moments of soaring satisfaction, but they become harder to duplicate

and sustain. Often such people are left with an "Is that all there

is?" feeling that can lead to depression and boredom.

No matter how rich, sexy, or famous one is, happiness is almost

impossible for people who have hurtful and unsatisfying relationships.

Yet people surrounded by the affection, love, and respect of others

can

find their way to happiness in spite of economic hardship, hard work,

and even ill health. That's good news. We can't all be rich, famous,

or beautiful, but we can all find people worthy of our love.

And when you have it you are successful aren't you? I don't know about

you but as long as I know that there is a God who loves me and I live

my life for Him, I am both successful and happy and you should be

too.

The Optimistic Creed

Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to everyone you meet.

To make all your friends feel there is something special in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the

best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your

own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on the greater achievements of

the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature

you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to

criticise others.

To be too large for worry,

Too noble for anger,

Too strong for fear,

And too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

DON´T WORRY

To worry does no good at all,

But does a lot of harm;

It puts cross lines upon your face,

and dissipates your charm.

Whatever is to be, will be;

That, worry cannot change;

It only serves to dim your joy,

And all your friends estrange.

'Tis lack of confidence in self

That causes worry's fright;

A lack of faith in God's design

Your happiness will delight.

Then case aside those gloomy throughts,

That bring on doubt and fear;

Just live your faith, and trust in Him,

And worry will disappear.

Words of Encouragement

He Will Never Forsake You!

Psalm 27:10

For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

but the LORD will take me up.

Jesus was a stranger and wayfarer in this world and among his own people,

the children of Adam and Eve. In a very real sense, he was forsaken by his

father Adam and his mother Eve eons before his birth. Once they fell, it

was just a matter of time before their suicidal refusal of the life of God

became a homicidal attempt to kill God if they ever got their hands on him.

In a monotheistic universe, pretenders to the Throne such as ourselves make

it, in the end, a god-eat-god world. And so, sure enough, when God did show

up in their midst, Adam and Eve made their first stab at snuffing him out

when he was scarcely two and they periodically renewed the attempt through

out his life. Adam sought to throw God off a cliff, to stone him to death,

to trick him into getting himself arrested, and finally, when these all

failed, he crucified him for being what Adam was not: God. But because

Jesus was indeed God, his Father took him up from the grave. And he, in his

divine generosity, gave Adam and Eve himself to eat and drink so that they

might indeed eat God, no longer as godforsaken “gods” but as men and women

made glorious in the God who became man and who will never forsake us.

Just a Word of Encouragement

from Mark Shea and Jeff Cavins.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

shosh — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 02:35:51 GMT

shorelady -

if you are reading, i posted some info to you about hospice, especially in nj- on gloria's thread from ''sunday 5/31/14 ''- if you wish to read it, we found it very useful. thinking of you.

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gloria

well that's a good way to get your garage fixed up, maybe if i plan a party it will happen here, but i won't hold my breath. you have so many wonderful friends and family, that is such a huge blessing, which i guess you know. so many folks just don't have that, it really enriches one's life.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

lovestopaint — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:43:23 GMT

Gloria, I bet you and Linus are getting pretty excited about your 50th. coming up. Dave and I have to wait four more years God willing. We will be celebrating our 46th. this July 13th.

Counting my Blessings, The biggest one being my David.

Harlene(lovestopaint)

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

Cakers1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:31:55 GMT

Good Morning everyone.

We will have grandson this afternoon - a great blessing in our lives.

Be well.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

serenity4ever — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:52:10 GMT

Hi Gloria. Praying for everyone's intentions.

Cakers, I envy you having your grandson to spend the afternoon with. My grandson lives too far away and we have been thinking of making a move to be closer to him. I know I am missing a lot because they change so much at 18 months.

Nursing another kidney infection and have a new urologist. The other one switched to concierge medicine and won't take insurance. I am hoping that this time the bactrim will work, otherwise I will probably be best off going into the hospital for a few days.

Enough about me. I pray that Shorelady is OK and I think of all of you and pray for all your intentions. This is such a nice place to fall and probably one of the nicest threads on this board. Thank you Gloria!

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

Puzzle Piece — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 17:44:22 GMT

Hello to All!

Blessings are many. As I do my late Spring cleaning and organizing, I realize how blessed I have been when I gather things to be donated and given away.

I keep everyone here and others elsewhere in my highest and best of thoughts for your desires and needs. Be at peace and know you are loved.

Re: Daily Positive Thread for Thursday

gloriajean — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:58:15 GMT

shosh - hope shorelady read that post - thanks for being so helpful to others! Yes, it takes a special event to happen to get that garage cleaned out and looking nice for a party! We had our 40th Anniversary there too!!!

Harlene - Yes, the biggest blessings for me too is Linus and my girls, and my dear sisters, and of course our wonderful friends!

Cakers - that is a great blessing. We get a grand-dog to take care of tomorrow all day!

Serenity - So sorry about your kidney infection - I know what that's like, like I said before, this product works for me - Urosode by Natural Creations (for uninary infection) and I also take cranberry capsules. Maybe what you have is different, but just wanted you to know that is what works for me. I used to take bactrim and also macribid (spelling?) Now just this. Praying for you, dear for healing. That stuff is the pits!

Love Roses - Blessings indeed are many - thanks for sharing yours, praying for you, too for all your needs.