TROUBLES

We've got troubles ….

Don’t we all  …? 

And not just in River City.

Drink, drugs,  and dumb ….

The river rises ….

The forest burns ….

Families not talking to each other ….

Kids not caring a care for aging parents ….

Parents neglecting their kids …. 

The Golden Rule has been entombed ….

Time got stuck between Good Friday and Easter.

And the song is, “When will we ever learn?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 4, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“If  you wait  for  inspiration you’ll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down  the street.” 

Ben Nicholas

August 3, 2018

POLYGRAPH

The human body is a polygraph: 

the tapping fingers, the scratching 

of the throat with the long of one’s 

hand, the eyes looking away, 

the slow soft gulp of one’s voice 

which is screaming a long silent, 

“Uh oh!, I got to get our of here!” 

Yes it's a polygraph, a lie detector, 

no not for others to see, but for 

my very being to tell me, “I'm scared, 

very scared, very scared ….” 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

Thought for today:

“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” 

Pat Riley

August 2, 2018

FALLING

Falling:
don't we all?

Rising:
We'll find out ....

Surprising:
Don't we all?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

August 2, 2018

Thought  for  today: 

“No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head  before painting it, and  is sure of his method and composition.”  

Claude Monet

August  1, 2018

ST. ALPHONSUS

Oldest son, Strict Sea Captain
Father, Saintly Pious Mother,
Lots of Siblings, Neapolitan, 
Lawyer, Painter, Musician, 
Volunteer, Strict, Savvy, Smart, 
Observer, Preacher, Missionary,
Arthritic, Bones Hurt, Wheelchair
resident for his last few years,

Christian, Saint, Theologian,
Writer, Bishop, Concerned for
the Poor and Person of Prayer,
Loved Jesus Christ, Glorified Mary,

Founder of the Redemptorists.

© Andy Costello, 

Reflections 2018

St. Alphonsus Liguori
[1696-1787]