May  22, 2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open.” 

 

Sir James Dewar

May 22, 2021

 

GLUMP!

 

The sound of a drop of water
into a half-empty barrel: glump.
 
Interesting sound – so it didn’t
bother me at first as much as envy.
 
Talk about half-empty: my soul.
Too much what aging has siphoned.
 
Too much seeing what I’m missing.
Too much hearing empty glump.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  21,  2021

ROTATIONS

Down deep,
deep within,
inner emotions 
slowly spin,

forgets, regrets,
round and round,

back and forth,

up and down,

unconsciously,
while we live,
while we are
consciously doing
what we're doing:
work and the
everyday efforts -

the without realities - 

but there is always

these greater within

spins - the always - 

God and the eternal

everyday wonderful 

within - always - and

they will be forever.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  21, 2021

Thought for Today:

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”  

Lao-Tze

 May 20,  2021

ATMOSPHERE  OF  PEACE

What I want?
What I like?
It's to look at the menu

and order an atmosphere of peace

for every person at the table.

I want to bring peace 

into the rooms I enter -

to the tables I sit at -

into the conversations 

I find myself in.

I have some choices.

I can listen.

I can leave my ugly feelings

at the door - and walk in 

hoping for more.

I can't fill the whole valley 

or my street with peace,
but I can simply do what Christ did:
Enter rooms and be the peace we're all
looking for in each other. Amen.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  20,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“A tidy desk is the sign of a sick mind."

 

 May  19,  2021

WHEN  YOU  PRAY

When you pray,
when you want to pray,
go inside - open that inner door -
go inside - to your inner place -
where Jesus will meet you,
where Jesus will greet you,

where Jesus will sit with you,

where Jesus will feed you,
where Jesus will give you peace.
Keep it simple. Keep it as simple
as that. Amen. Alleluia.

May  19,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“(Tool+Training+Experience) x Mindset = Goal/Success. BUT if your mindset is zero then equation is (100 + 100 +100) x 0 = Failure.”

 

Unknown

 May  18,  2021

MOMENTS  OF  GRACE

 

 

Bringing the surprise of God

into any given situation ….

 

Causing an inner “WOW!”

in another ….

 

Easing life for another

in the here and now ….

 

Helping another see

a difficulty differently ….

 

Changing the petty into pretty –

as in pretty good – pretty neat ….

 

Getting another to inwardly say,

“Okay, this is a moment of Grace!”

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  18,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.”

 

Jim Rohn

 May  17,  2021

NOW  THAT’S  A  SIN

 
Too, too often people say,
“Now that’s a sin!”
 
Sin is only when there is a choice –
a choice that cuts and hurts my very way
of being a human being.
 
Sin is only when what I do
ends up making me see harmfully.
 
Sin is only when a behavior I do
hurts my ability to be nice and decent.
 
Sin is only when what I’m choosing
hurts my way of being a giving, living
family member – blocking good living
together as family members on planet earth.
 
Sin is only when what I’m choosing
hurts planet earth itself.
 
 
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

May  17,  2021

Thought for the Day

“Never waste a minute of your precious life thinking about people you don’t like.”

Celestine Chua 

 May 16,  2021

JOYFUL,   JOYFUL,  SING SO LOUDLY,
SING THE ODE, THE SONG OF JOY!

 

Joyful, joyful, sing so loudly,
sing the ode, the song of joy.
 
God is our loving Father,
we are all God’s hopeful Family.
 
God is the eternal light
Who removes all blinding darkness.
 
Christ has arisen!
Sing that resurrection song.
 
Grace, joy, great, great gladness
has removed all dark sadness.
 
Walk with us once again
in this garden gladness.
 
Sit us down with you at
this ever blessed feast.
 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
forever flowing from our lips.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  16,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

 

Anonymous