January 12, 2020

LAYERED  LOOK

Look! Look at your life.

Look carefully. Look!

There are layers upon layers.

There are events upon events –

comments upon comments –

hurts that trigger hurts,

passive aggression on top

of past hurts – payback

on top of payback.

Look at your life.

See the sorrows under

joys and the joys under sorrows.

Let go!  Stop the cycles

of hurt upon hurt. Look!

Listen. Learn. Unravel.

STOP signs sometimes work.

© Andy Costello, Reflections

January  12,  2020

Thought  for  Today:

“Hurt  people  hurt  people.”  

Rabbi Yehuda Berg, 

and Pastors Rick Warren 

and Will Bowen

January 11, 2020

UNDONE

Oh my God, 

there are so many things 

we’d like undone: 

comments, choices, moves, 

gestures, texts and twitters. 

Oh my God, 

did You really regret 

creating us or did the 

author of Genesis 6:6 

regret writing that? 

© Andy Costello, Reflections

January  11, 2020

Thought  for  Today  

“Autobiographies  ought  to begin with Chapter Two.” 

Ellery  Sedgwick, 

The Happy Profession 

January 10, 2020

TUG-OF-WAR

Tug-of-war can be a tough game.

Tug-of-peace hopefully is also a

game that is going on as well.

The rope used for tug-of-war

games is usually very thick.

Time, control, money, ego,

are all in the weave of rope.

Life is the pull of all these

forces. Hopefully, we learn

the game called tug-of-peace.

                                                                                 © Andy Costello, Reflections

January 10, 2020

Thought for Today 

 “There are many who stay away from church  these  days because you hardly ever mention God any more.” 

Arthur Miller, 

The Crucible, 1953

January 9, 2020

DIRECTOR’S  CHAIR

While watching the making

of the movie of another’s life,

sometimes we notice  the other has

someone else in the director’s chair.

It could be Mommy, Daddy, Spouse, 
trends, that are pulling the strings, 
arranging the scenes – controlling the
lines, directing the action and the cuts.

Then sometimes – we find out –

the other, the movie director of

our life, wasn’t interested in us –

only wanting us to be their Oscar.

© Andy Costello, Reflections