June 15, 2019

RINGS  AND  THINGS

Wow!  There are lots of rings and things.

Pins and pendants;

Postcards on refrigerators;

Held with magnets from Bermuda;

Flags and bumper stickers;

Death memorial cards;

Wedding favors;

10,000 photos on iPhones;

Ball point pens borrowed from hotels;

Souvenirs from 1,000 places.

Wow! There are lots of rings and things.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 15, 2019

Thought for today: 


“Because you cannot see God, God is everywhere.”  

Yasunari Kawabata, 

Quoted by Susan Cheever, 

Home before Dark,

Houghton Mifflin, 1984

June 14, 2019

DID YOU EVER NOTICE?

Did you ever notice that every

silent piano just sitting there

seems to be whispering,

“Touch me!” “Play me!”

Did you ever notice that every

silent human being just sitting there

seems to be saying,

“Ask me!” “Call on me?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 14, 2019

Thought for today:  

“Departing guests leave The Word and grab the words.”  

William Safire, 

On Preference for Dictionaries 

over Bibles,  New York Times, 

April 12, 1987

June 13, 2019

ONLOOKERS

Who are your onlookers -

those who are  watching you?

They have their list of

expectations for you.

Did you know that? They don’t tell you,

but they tell others behind your back.

Guess what?  You’re doing this as well.

You have expectations of others.

It’s called “Life”. It’s called, 

“Hope.” It’s called, “Community”.

However, when there are walls,

it's also called, "Loneliness."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 13, 2019

Thought for today: 

“One  day I asked my father for find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah.  ‘You are too young for that.  Maimomides tells us that one must be thirsty before venturing into the world of mysticism, a world fraught with peril.  First you must study the basic studies, those you are able to comprehend."  

Elie Wiesel, 

page 4 in Night.

June 12, 2019

PRESENTATION 

As Shakespeare put it, 

“All the world’s a stage ….” 

And there we are every day 

presenting ourselves - with 

our entrances and our exits - 

with our gifts and our talents, 

with our presentations to each other. 

But as Walt Whitman put it, 

“To have great poets, there 

must be great audiences too.” 

May we be just that each day: 

great audiences - clapping 

and present for each other. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019