March 3, 2018

Thought for today: 

“In  the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.”  

Charles Revson [1906-1975] in A. Tobias Fire and Ice (1976), chapter 8.

March 2,  2018

NICKED  

A small stone, something,

struck my windshield 

causing a nick in the glass.

Now It’s there in front of me

every time I drive, 

unless I get it fixed.

At times there are stones

thrown at me by those I love -

nicking me - making me wince.

They hit me in how I see -

how I am - these people who

are always in front of me. Ugh.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

March 2nd, 2018

Vincent Van Gogh

Thought for today: : 

“Every one is more or less mad on one point.”  

Rudyard Kipling [ 1865-1935], Plain Tales from the Hills (188) ‘On the Strength of a Likeness”

March 1, 2018

FOOTSTEPS

I hear footsteps

from the floor above me ….

I hear footsteps

coming down the corridor

and soon from around the corner ….

I hear footsteps ….

Some I recognize ….

Some I’m wonder, “Whose!”

Some footsteps changed my life.

Some footsteps are no longer heard.

Does anyone wait for my footsteps?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

March 1st, 2018

March 1, 2018 

Thought for today: 

"Once I realized that Christianity is not a creed and that faith is more a matter of embodiment than of axioms, things changed." 

The Future of Faith by Harvey Cox

February 28, 2017

EVERY TIME, WELL SOMETIMES

Sometimes we're taking it easy -
like two cop cars just talking -
or two old boats just relaxing -
that is till a big noise comes into
the room roaring at us. Life has
the surprise of interruptions and 
sometimes the scream, "Come on 
get moving!" I rather be an old red 
or white rowboat - just sitting there 
enjoying the calm of the river than be 
a big bully motor boat filling the room.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2018

February 28, 2018

Black History Month Thought for today: 

"There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past." 

Ernest J. Gaines