January 26, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“You know the  old  saying, 
‘The bigger they are, 
the further they have to fall.’”

 Robert Fitzsimmons [1862-1917] in Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 11, 1900

January 25, 2018

CHESS  MOVE

I began as I was taught:

“Pawn to king 4 ….”

Then 34 moves later

it was your turn - and ….

You said, “Check!” And

I smiled, “Wrong move ....”

“Check!” You just found out,

you had met your match.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018
Painting: The Chess Players
by Honore Daumier

January 25, 2018

Thought for today: 

“Somebody  once  asked Anton Bruckner: ‘Master, how, when, where did you think of the divine motif of your Ninth Symphony?’ ‘Well, it was like this,’ Bruckner replied, ‘I walked up the Kahlenberg, and when it got hot and I got hungry, I sat down by a little brook and unpacked my Swiss cheese.  And just  as I open the greasy paper, that darn tune pops into my head!”  

Anton Bruckner [1825-1896]

January 24, 2018

ANTSY  AND  SNIPPY  PRAYER

Lord, I don’t know about You,

but have you noticed that people

have been a bit antsy and snippy lately?

Are they being that way with You too? 

Is it the long winter, too many gray days,

or what? So here I am pausing. Here I am

praying. Help me to enter into a lot of upper

rooms today and spread Your word of

“Peace” to each person I meet. Amen.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

January 24, 2018

Thought for the day:

"There was never an angry person who thought their anger was unjust."

St. Francis de Sales [1567-1622]

January 23, 2018

Thought for today: 

“It is  hard to  think  at the top.”  

Stringfellow Barr [1897-1982]

January 23,  2018

SHOW AND TELL

Show me the trunk of your car,

it could also be your wallet,

and I’ll tell you who you are.

It could also be your desk,

what’s in the top drawer and

what’s in the bottom drawer?

Show me your mind - that’s where

Jesus liked to go - through your walls,

into your upper room and say, “Peace.”

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2018