February 22, 2019
Black History Month Thought for Today:
“One needs occasionally to stand aside from the
hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.”
Anna Julia Cooper [1858-1964], Ph.D.
Friday, February 15, 2019
February 21, 2019
HINGE
HINGE
He didn’t like his job -
compared to his brother,
back home in another place ….
He …. Changing light bulbs,
cleaning toilets,
mopping marble
floors after midnight ….
Then one night
all alone as he
was polishing a metal hinge -
he realized this was good:
his four kids were in good schools;
his wife greeted him with a rich smile
and a great hello when he got home
at 4 in the morning; and he was a
bronze shining hinge between
two cultures, countries, languages,
even though some wanted a wall
instead of a door.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
February 21, 2019
Black History Month Thought for Today: ”Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by
a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool
is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is
to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is
to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you
love into slavery.”
Octavia E. Butler
February 19, 2019
ZIGZAG
Life is zigzag.
We all know that.
We don’t want it that way,
but that’s the way it goes.
We want straight, clean cut,
lines - no veering off course.
We say things like that when
there is a rejection, a divorce,
bad weather, or the crazies.
We forget to marvel when the
zigzag has scenic overviews,
surprising people and the brand new -
especially moments of grace.
especially moments of grace.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
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