June 10, 2019

FAITH  CALLS  

FOR  MOTION

Faith calls for motion, movement,

not just mouth and words.  It calls

for steps towards the hurting brother

or sister, child or nursing home folks.

It calls for study and then going down

into the river and coming up from the

depths a new creation - a beloved

daughter and son of God - and

treating everyone else the same way.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 10, 2019

Thought for today: 

“Having served on various committees, I have drawn up a list of rules.  Never arrive on time; this stamps you as a beginner.  Don’t say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.  Be as vague as possible; this avoids irritating the others. When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed;   this will make you popular; it’s what everyone is waiting for.”  

Harry Chapman, 

Greater Kansas City 

Medical Bulletin, 1963

June 9, 2019

CANDLE  GOING  OUT 

When does someone, anyone,

get what a candle going out means?

Watch little kids around a birthday

cake when the candles are blown out.

One kid stops and stares at the smoke

rising towards the ceiling and forever.

The others just see the cake  

and wish it was their birthday.

The one who wonders about the smoke is

the one who wonders about mystery forever.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 9, 2019

Thought for today: 

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”  

Winston Churchill, 

News Summaries, July 5, 1954

June 8, 2019

SABBATICAL

Without realizing it,

I was given a Sabbatical

in my 79^th year of life.

I got sick.

I felt fragility with my triple by-pass.

I realized there are time limits.

In the Washington Hospital Center

I asked myself in the middle of the night,

“Is this it or will I have more time?”

I didn’t know.

The side effects of the anesthesia

and oxycodone unhinged my reality.

Time - and  I hope recovery

will give me answers.

I had the all already -

but why not more?   Why not?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 8, 2019

Thought for today: 


“When  she  started to play,  Steinway came down personally and rubbed his  name off the piano.”  

Bob Hope, 

on comedian Phyllis  Diller,  

WNEW TV,  May 7, 1985

June 7, 2019

GRACE

There are nights - darkness - death -

and there are mornings - light - grace -

and the consequences of our decisions.

There better be a God. There better

be grace. There better be justice in

the long run - because sometimes ….

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019