May 7, 2017

 WHO SAID?

Every group, every company, every church, every country, every situation,

every scene, needs everyone to think about what’s being said, what’s being

done, what’s being asked for.

Wait, wonder about, ask, read the fine
print,  raise one’s hand - not in blind salutes, but in honest question marks,

“Who said we have to do this, this way?
Why do we have to just listen?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

May 6, 2017

IT’S IN THE DETAILS

It’s in the details. Looking the other

in the eye.... The follow up call.... 
Making sure the back door is locked....

Sweeping up the mess.... Saying 
“Thank you” - as well as, “I’m sorry!” 

Some say, “The devil is in the details.”  

Some say, “God is in in details.” 

I’d say, “It’s us. We're the ones who
are in the details, and we're the ones who need to take care of the details.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017

EDWARD HOPPER

If you have time, check out the Internet for visiting art galleries and for studying paintings. Here's the class for today: Edward Hopper.1882-1967.

 May 5, 2017

THIS  OLD  HOUSE

Sometimes when people can’t sleep

or the conversations going on are

re-runs - or the television is the same,

people start to listen to the old voices

in the room: “I love you!” -  “Can I get

you a drink?” - “Remember when mom

used to tease you about your inability

to walk the dog with your yo-yo?” -

“I’m sorry…. I don’t know if I can stay

the course with you. I just don’t know.” -

“How old is this house?”  - “Oh, I think

it was built around 1923.” - “Wow, imagine

all the past voices lingering in this room?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017
Picture on Top: Hotel by a Railroad,
Edward  Hopper 1952

May 5, 2017

Make a wish and 

blow out the candle.

The Forger - Video - NYTimes.com

▶ 16:20

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/.../the-forger.html

Oct 2, 2016

As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives byforging passports to help children flee the Nazis 

I put the above at the end of a blog piece I did for April 27, 2017.

This  piece called, "The Forger" is  from The New York Times 

It could be missed - and I think everyone should view it.

So I'm putting The Forger up front.

As the dentist says, "Tap Tap!"

Tap the box to view the video.

Take the time to watch this piece 10 times.

Each time you'll see something new!

What am I doing for others today?

May 4, 2017

LANDSCOPE

Our daily landscape or landscope

affects and effects us everyday….

The pause, the look, the scanning

of the morning sky as we step out

to our outside…. It’s a new day today.

Jesus said to see the birds of the air

and the lilies of the field, fig trees and

fruit trees and what’s going on in the

marketplace. See the funeral going by.

It could be a widow’s only son.

And make sure we see Lazarus

at our door - as well as the poor -

and the child who needs our attention.

Listen to those - nobody listens to….

Touch the lives - of the Untouchables.

See the broken bread people. Look

into their eyes. Have a  sense of the

rich red blood of Jesus - like wine -

flowing through the stories of

each person we meet today. "Hi!"

Bring them all home this evening as

we celebrate supper with each other.

Let us pray with and for them before we

fall asleep at the end of our day and we

turn off the lights of our daily landscape.

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017