WALTER

I watched an old man today
watching a large crucifix of Christ
hanging on the wall in front of him.

I sat there wondering
what this old man in his eighties
was thinking about.

He leaned back, stared at the ceiling light,
and scratched his head. I could tell from his
tightening jaw he was not thinking of himself.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010

TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE

There are two kinds of people:
those who are aware of what time it is
and those who aren’t.

Some people are always late.

Some people suddenly stand up and announce,
“Well, I gotta get going!”
They don’t seem to check what time it is
on their phone or watch – or wall clock –
yet they always seem to know
just what time it is?

How do they do that?

Were they born
with an internal clock or calendar
or were they programmed?
Tick. Tick. Tick. Gotta run. Run. Run.

There are two kinds of people:
those who prefer to slouch in couches
and those who sit up straight in hard chairs.

There are two types of drivers:
the driver who drives with tension
and those who always give
the car ahead of them
plenty of space – simply riding
and sliding down the road of
of life unaware of speedometers
or odometers, clocks and watches –
driving clock watchers crazy.

Ooops, am I'm giving myself away?

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010

THE LITTLE BOY 

AND THE OLD MAN

Quote for this Friday  - August 13, 2010


The Little Boy and the Old Man

Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”
Said the old man, “I do that, too.”
The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”
“I do that too,” laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, “I often cry.”
The old man nodded, “So do I.”
“But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me.”
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
“I know what you mean,” said the little old man.



Shel Silverstein [1930-1999]

ALWAYS LATE 

NEVER  ON  TIME

Quote for this Thursday - August 12, 2010


“He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.”


Oscar Wilde [1854-1900], The Picture of Dorian Gray.

ATHEISM:

NOT ALLOWING GOD

TO SING IN MY BEING

Quote for this Wednesday  - August 11, 2010


“It is good if one can bring about that God sings within me.”


Rabbi Elimelekh [1783-1841]

BEHOLD THE LAMB 

OF GOD 

WHO TAKES AWAY 

THE SINS OF OUR WORLD.

Quote for This Tuesday - August 10, 2010


“Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.”


St. Francis de Sales [1567-1622], Introduction to the Devout Life, 3, 8.


Picture from the Shamwari Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa - Themba (elephant) and Albert (sheep)

REALITY  THERAPY

Quote for this Monday - August 9, 2010


“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.”


Dwight D. Eisenhower [1890-1969], speech, September, 1956