May Each Day of Your Week be a Good Day.

In the middle of the night I woke up with an old song going through my head.  I hadn't heard it in years so it took me quite awhile to think how I knew it and as some of the lyrics formed in my mind the calming words became a prayer in my heart.  I wished that I could look directly in the eyes of each person I would ever meet or interact with and silently carry this thought for them. (i.e. what I was able to remember of it; to find the complete lyrics I had to do an internet search)  The song is a prayer or benediction and I eventually remembered that I had heard it repeatedly on "The Andy Williams Show" when I was growing up.  How different television was back then.  Variety shows were popular and we watched his show regularly.  This was (and perhaps still is) his closing song and these are the lyrics:

"May Each Day"

May each day in the week be a good day
May the Lord always watch over you
And may all of your hopes turn to wishes
And may all of your wishes come true

May each day in the month be a good day
May you make friends with each one you meet
And may all of your daydreams be mem'ries
And may all of your mem'ries be sweet

The weeks turn to months
And the months into years
There'll be sadness and joy
There'll be laughter and tears
But one thing I pray to heaven above
May each of your days be a day full of love

May each day in the year be a good day
May each dawn find you happy and gay
And may all of your days be as lovely
As the one you shared with me today

May each day of your life be a good day
And good night.

This is one of many YouTube videos of Andy Williams singing it:

Afton Heights Fire Tower in Itasca State Park

October has been phenomenal this year not only with fall color, but also with unusually warm temperatures, so I've been out with my camera clicking away. If you'd like to see more October photos (and some going back through the summer, since I obviously didn't blog here) you can view them in my Flickr photos:
Minnesota Daybreak's Photostream

April 2011

Another gray day

It's been ages since I've written anything here, partly because of being busy with the other website (http://www.longlakeliving.org) and partly because winter took it's toll and left me feeling there was little to write about.

Warm fire

It is two days before this year's very late Easter and we are hoping the ice on the lake will go out soon.  Though it's been cold, the daytime temperatures have made it above the freezing point.  Day-to-day ice melt has been almost imperceptible, but it has thinned considerably.
These pictures characterize this month; a gray, chilly day and a bright fireplace for taking the chill off.

Wishing you a happy (and colorful) Easter:

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him."  John 3: 16, 17

Quote:

"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Time and again...

Sitting by my morning fire, watching the rising sun and knowing who to thank; His peace to start the day.