May 22, 2019

POWER AND CONTROL

Control: now that’s a big major life issue….

We’re often wondering:

“Who’s actually in control around here?”

We think that, because, my  will,

my plan, my desire is this:

that all be it done on earth

as it is - my idea about what heaven is.

Now, of course, God laughs at these

my thoughts and I better laugh as well,  

because in the long run everything

is in our control and context, because

sometimes the electricity goes out

and we find out nobody here is in control

because we have to exist without tv for a while.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

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May    22, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work.” 

Dr. William H. Masters,

Codirector,  Masters 

and Johnson Institute. 

NBC TV, August 16, 1971

May 21, 2019

TRANSLATION

It’s all translation….

We really can’t  figure out

what another is saying.

How can I understand

how you are tasting

butter almond ice cream

or how angry you are feeling

when you’re waiting for a person

to pull out of a parking place

and then another person

zips into that place out of nowhere?

You didn’t even finish your wave of thanks

to that person for hurrying up to let you in.

It’s all translation ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

May    21, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous.  But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however old and  wise we may become.  To pretend otherwise is to cheat.” 

John Le Carre, 

Book-of-the-Month 

Club News, May 1986

May 20, 2019

YES,  EVERYONE HURTS 

As the song goes, “Everyone  hurts….” 

It gets, 4 yes’s. It gets  everyone’s  “Yes!” 

Loneliness, rejection, not being understood…. 

Death, someone looks at their watch …. 

The killers ….There are many,  but there’s help. 

Like the killers …. help comes from another. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

May    20, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.”  

Shannon L. Alder

May 19. 2019

EASY BUT 

THERE IS THE DIFFICULT

It’s  easy to buy the book,

but it takes time to read and digest it.

It’s easy to see the top of the mountain,

but it takes time to climb the steps to the top.

It’s easy to take the photos of the new born baby,

but it’s a lifetime of hard work and love ahead.

It’s easy to get the recipe, but there are lots of

stores and shopping and chop,  chop, ahead.

It’s easy to say, “I do” on that big day,

but the vows say, for better and for worse, etc.

It’s easy to get the poem idea, but it’s work

to write and rewrite it 17 times till you got it.

                                                                  © Andy Costello, Reflections 2019