June 16,  2019

IN  THE  OTHER  CHAIR

If you could sit down

with one other person

on an afternoon porch

who would that person be?

Well, it all depends on what

we were going to talk about -

what the topic of conversation

was going to be - if I had a choice.

For happiness it would be _______.

For relationships it would be  ­­­­­­­____ .

For an ideal job it would be  _____ .

For religion it would be  _________.         

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 16, 2019

Thought for today: 

“Concealment makes the soul a swamp; confession is how you drain it.”  

Charles M.  Blow,

 in a New York Times, op. ed. piece, 

“It Got Better. That’s my testimony.” 

Page A. 19, June 17, 2019.

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