Saturday, July 28, 2018



 DIFFERENT  
O   O   O   O   O   O   O

When you see me,
is it,  "Who do you see?"
or  "What  do you see?' 


Do you see a color
or a look 
or accent
or a collar
or a title
or a label?





July 28, 2018


ZUCCHINI AND GOD


Okay, you’re putting God off
till you’re retired and you have
a wondering if both of you
will be ready for each other
before the casket or the cancer
grabs you like a crab underwater.

Step back, relax, remember
the two of you  connected a few times
down through the years - and probably
better than some church goers.

For example, remember the joy
you felt that night you walked home alone
having just proposed to your wife....

Or that time you saw your first grandchild ….

Or that time you were sitting there 
with family at your dad’s funeral ….

Or that time you cried  - you actually
cried - after your neighbor whom you
never said hello to, gave you 26 zucchini
and about  2 dozen tomatoes.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018






July 28, 2018 



Thought for today: 


“I just try to hit the dry side of the ball.” 

Stan Musial, on how 
to hit a spitball.









Friday, July 27, 2018

July 27, 2018

SOME PRAYERS

Some prayers are said,
but let’s be honest,
sometimes neither 
the speaker nor the SPOKEN TO
hears the words and
the sentiments. So, God,
urge me, to try, try again.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018


July 27, 2018 


Thought for today: 

“I’d rather have  written  ‘Cheers’  than anything I’ve written.”  


Kurt Vonnegut



Thursday, July 26, 2018

July 26, 2018



HOPE

Hope is a blue diamond - 
the most valuable diamond
in the world - but it comes
with a blessing and it comes
with a curse. Sometimes
we get what we want
and  sometimes we find out
we can’t handle not getting
or getting the hope
we were hoping for.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018


July 26, 2018




Thought for today: 


“The important thing is somehow to begin.”  


Henry Moore