September 4, 2021
Thought for the Day
“The
pendulum of the mind oscillates between
sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.”
Carl
Jung,
Memories,
Dreams, Reflections
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
Thursday, September 2, 2021
September 2, 2021
COMPARISONS
to compare. Why not? Many reasons.
You really never know the other.
You don’t. But she looked around
wanting to compare herself to all
the other blades of grass on the
great big green lawn next to the
house. Height? No. Width? No.
great big green lawn next to the
house. Height? No. Width? No.
Lawn mowers are the great equalizers.
They take care of that kind of comparison.
Green? Shades of green. Comparisons.
There it was. That was it. My green
is a better green than your green.
Do we all need something to make
ourselves look better than the next guy?
There it was. That was it. My green
is a better green than your green.
Do we all need something to make
ourselves look better than the next guy?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2021
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
September 1, 2021
GROUNDLESS
I realize I need to be like a wrestler,
who throws his opponent to the mat.
That’s kind of harsh talking – but
sometimes when the other seems
to just be babbling – blurting out non-
thought out thoughts – it’s then I need
to break another’s soap bubbles – with
hopes it's then they might understand.
I use questions - hooks that could
cause pauses in the other. Maybe
that will tell them I’m interested
in what they might be trying to say.
How else can I get to the ground
of their being – to the experiences
they might not have dug into - in
the experiences of their lifetime.
who throws his opponent to the mat.
That’s kind of harsh talking – but
sometimes when the other seems
to just be babbling – blurting out non-
thought out thoughts – it’s then I need
to break another’s soap bubbles – with
hopes it's then they might understand.
cause pauses in the other. Maybe
that will tell them I’m interested
in what they might be trying to say.
How else can I get to the ground
of their being – to the experiences
they might not have dug into - in
the experiences of their lifetime.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
SECRETS
We all have our secrets -
kept inside a handkerchief –
in the back of a bottom drawer –
underneath a pair of sweatpants.
There might be 55 other things
in our bedroom – but our secrets
are present and noisy – like the scream
of an alarm clock and we don’t like
their sound - especially when they
go off at the wrong, wrong time.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
August 30, 2021
THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
Imagine an artist
saying to herself or himself,
“Something’s missing in this
painting.”
And they look around the room
for something – anything - and they
say, “It’s missing a pearl!” or
“A sword”
or “A book” or “A large platter
of pasta.”
And they paint into that painting
a platter of pasta or a dog
collar or a pearl
of great price and that painting –
once worth about 30 dollars is
now
worth millions of euros – hanging
on a wall in a museum in the Hague
–
for all to see and praise and
admire.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021
Sunday, August 29, 2021
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