July 9, 2019

SWING

Who was the first person who came up

with a swing as a way to keep kids busy?

Was it just a rope or a vine? Did the kid

just swing back and forth imitating Tarzan?

Was it with a piece of wood - a swing -

to sit on and sail through the air on?

The face tells everything whether or not

we’re enjoying the back and forth called "Life."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

July  9, 2019

Thought for today:

“The only sin which we never forgive in each other is a difference of opinion.”  

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Clubs 1877

July  8, 2019 -

Thought for today:

“I am the vessel.  The  draft is God’s.  And God is  the  thirsty  one.”  

Dag Hammarskjold,  

Markings, 1964

July 8, 2019

SEESAW

Who was the first person who set up

a plank as a seesaw to keep kids busy?

Did they realize it would bring laughter

and joy - besides great teaching?

Life: it calls for balance if you

want to keep things fair and funny.

Life: it has its ups and downs and

the biggest kid can stop the game.

Life: how you see and what you see

depends on where you’re seeing from.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

July 7, 2019

INCOMPETENCE

Passing by a full length mirror

I stopped to look and saw only

myself: Framed Incompetence.

“Oooooh!” That hurt! Big time.

But to be self-honest, I spotted

in the mirror broken promises

and a lot of unfinished business.

“Oooooh!” That hurt! Big time.

I looked away from the mirror

to look at others - to see their

faults - their incompetences.

“Oooooh!” They too hurt! Big time.

I went back to the mirror.

I went back to myself.

I realized that’s where I must begin.

“Oooooh!”  Where I hurt.

Looking in a mirror is judgment time

and it’s where I hurt I must retell love

into myself - in the places where I hurt.

“Oooooh! Lord. That  feels right.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

July  7, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Fanaticism is … overcompensation for doubt.”  

Robertson Davies, 

in The Manicore, 

Viking, 1972

July  6, 2019 

Thought for today:

“The bagel [is] an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis.” 

Beatrice and Ira Henry Freeman, 

“About Bagels”, New York Times, 

May 22, 1960