Make it your goal to make someone smile on this Thursday by a small act of kindness, you could change a person’s life in a way you may not even realize” – Catherine Pulsifer

Happy Wednesday! You are who you are; be happy with what you are called to do. Do not pretend to be like someone else, for your gifts are unique to help lead you to the success as only you can define. Have a good day. The Eastern Orthodox Church continues to observe Fridays (as well as Wednesdays) as fast days throughout the year (with the exception of several fast-free periods during the year). Fasting on Fridays entails abstinence from meat or meat products (i.e., quadrupeds), poultry, and dairy products (as well as fish). Unless a feast day occurs on a Friday, the Orthodox also abstain from using oil in their cooking and from alcoholic beverages (there is some debate over whether abstention from oil involves all cooking oil or only olive oil). On particularly important feast days, fish may also be permitted. For the Orthodox, Fridays throughout the year commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ and the Theotokos ( Mother of God), especially as she stood by the foot of the cross. There are hymns in the Octoekhos which reflect this liturgically. These include Theotokia (hymns to the Mother of God) which are chanted on Wednesdays and Fridays called Stavrotheotokia ("Cross- Theotokia"). The dismissal at the end of services on Fridays begins with the words: "May Christ our true God, through the power of the precious and life-giving cross...."

Wisdom Wednesday Quotes

Happy Thursday! You’re only one day away from being two days away from doing the same work you’re doing right now!” – unknown The astrologer and predictor of the future Nostradamus had some pretty wild things to say about Thursday. In one of his predictions, he claimed that a powerful leader would terrorize the East and make Thursday his celebration day.

James Johnson "Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two-day break from it." Each morning is the open door to a new world – new vistas, new aims, new plans, new things. Wednesday morning is no less.In Japanese, 金曜日 ( きんようび, kinyōbi ) is formed from the words 金星 ( きんせい, kinsei ) meaning Venus (lit. gold + planet) and 曜日 ( ようび, yōbi ) meaning day (of the week). The word “Friday” gets its roots from several cultures. Like the other days of the seven-day week, a concept that was created by the Babylonians, it was named after gods and celestial beings in various cultures. Friday was named after Frigg or Freya in Germanic culture, while, in Roman culture, it was named after the Goddess of Love, Venus. Friday. The golden child of the weekdays. The superhero of the workweek. The welcome wagon to the weekend.” – Anonymous