April 8, 2023

Reflection

 

April 8, 2023

GHOSTS

 

Of course there is no such thing as ghosts.

Yet the people of our past are still walking

with us. They are still whispering to us.

And if they yelled at us they still do

when  we break their rules for us.

Their  presence – their voices -

still sit there in our choices. Solution:

listen to those voices, analyze them,

accept the best and discard the rest.

Easier said than done.

Become our own person while we

still have time and talk to our children

about what we have figured out so far.

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 April 8, 2023

Quote

""A British judge said, 'Women make the best murderers' but men do most of the killing.'" 

 April 7, 2023

Reflection

April 7,  2023

THEMES

 

Do we all have our themes,

the things we’re off on?

Like sports, the weather,

politics or religion?

Or are you like me – a

not knowing myself sort of person?

I’m filled with constant Inner babble

and a million ideas a minute?

I need to sort. Writing helps.

Death is scratching my windows –l

like branches against my house –

but I also want life and a few more years.

Health and food – they are not on my radar.

God, what do you have to say about all this?

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 April 7, 2023

Quote for Today

"When you do Shakespeare they think you must be intelligent because they think you understand what you're saying."

Helen Mirrren in a interview

 April 6, 2023

A PIECE OF BREAD

 

 

A piece for you

and a piece for me …

and you and you and you….

Pausing us all for a moment

Maybe catching each other’s eye or face.

We stop, we pause, we say a word.

We might say even hear,  “Thanks!”

We begin to listen.

We think.

We say, "Thank you."

A piece of bread can do a  lot  of peace making.

At least for a moment

Then we might rise - a bit.

© Reflections, Andy Costello

April 6  2023

 

A PIECE OF BREAD

 

A piece for you

and a piece for me …

and you and you and you….

Pausing us all for a moment.

Maybe catching each other’s eye or face

when doing this and the other wonders.

We stop, we pause, we say a word.

“Thanks!”

It’s like Eucharist – a bit – that is if I bite.

A piece of bread can do a  lot  of peace making –

if but for a moment

and then we too rise.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 April 6,   2023

Quote for Today

"They continued ... in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

Acts 2: 42, 46

 April 5, 2023

Reflection

April 5,  2023

 

REVENGE

 

On a scale of one to ten,

ten being the worst, how

many times is revenge

the deep down motive?

Somebody says something

nasty about us at a New

Years Eve party and we

get them back by

April Fool’s Day –

at least by the evening.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 

April 5,  2023

Quote for Today

"The doctrine of the Buddha is taught with reference to two truths - conventional  truth and ultimate truth.

Those who do not understand the difference between these two truths do not understand the profound essence of the doctrine of the Buddha."

Nagarjuna, c. second century Indian philosopher

Root  Verses of the Middle Way, Ch. 24. v.8

 April  4, 2023

Reflection

April 4, 2023

 

DETECTIVES ALL

 

We’re all Watson or Holmes,

Agatha Christie or Nancy Drew

and we’re trying to figure out

the daily crimes and sins

of those around us.

We then play the part

of judge and jury. We

then publish and proclaim

others’ crimes – without

taking the time for our own.

Maybe that’s exactly what

we’re doing.  Exactly or maybe.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 April 4, 2023

Quote for Today

"In mathematics you don't understand things.  You just get used to them."

John von Neumann (1903-57)

 April 3, 2023

Refection

April 3, 2023

LOOKED  FOR?

 

What a nice feeling to know -

just know, you’re sure of – that

you were looked for – wanted –

and the other or others let you

know that when you show up.

Got that? Now let those you

wait for – know you are

looking for and waiting for them.

Nice doing that? So do that.

Try that….

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 April 3, 2023

Quote for Today

"There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end.  He didn't mean it as a compliment,  but it was.  It was a fine compliment."

Jackson Pollock (1912- 19560

Francis O'Connor Jackson Pollock (1967)

 April 2, 2023

Reflection

April 2, 2023

LURKING

It’s a thing to do

every once in a while:

to notice what’s lurking

in the bushes outside our mind.

It could be fears, loses, problems.

To make them more specific

is the smarter thing to do –

like my brother dying or

a niece’s marriage getting shaky –

or that new boss at work.

Could be anxieties or fears.

Fears I can name them;

Anxieties are crawling ants

that I can’t really name yet.

Keeping calm and talking

to someone seem to be

two solutions or easers

to put into practice -

like putting lights on

the outside of our house.

What’s hiding in those bushes?

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

April 2, 2023

Quote for Today

"Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious."

Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (1909)