Thought for Today
“It’s one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020
AT THE OCEAN’S EDGE
I’m now living here on the edge of the
Atlantic Ocean in Long Branch, N.J. –
Within earshot of 10,000 incoming waves.
Did you ever wonder what people are
wondering about when they too are
looking out to sea at the edge of the ocean?
Lately I’m thinking about what my mom was
thinking about as she stood there on the
other side of the Atlantic as a young woman.
Years after she died I finally got to see where
she came from in Ireland right on the edge of
the grey water Bay that led out into the Atlantic.
She wasn’t exaggerating – when she told
us, “As a kid I
could open up our back
door and stick my big toe in Galway Bay.”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
March 10, 2020
AN ACT OF
KINDNESS
Picture yourself doing an act
of kindness. Then you ask,
yourself, “I wonder where that
idea to do that come
from?”
Who’s to say someone in some
church or bus on the way to work,
didn’t say a prayer, “Lord, remind someone
to do something nice for someone today.”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020
IN
THE SHOWER
OF
HIS MERCY
Next time you’re standing in the shower,
feel the water pouring
down on your head
and sing this refrain, "And holy is his name ...."
and sing this refrain, "And holy is his name ...."
Next time it’s raining,
get out into the rain
and let it loudly pour down into your face
and sing this refrain, “And
holy is his name ….”
Next time it's snowing,
get out into the snow,
letting it fall on your
face and on your tongue,
and sing this refrain, “And
holy is his name ….”
Next time the reality of death hits you,
picture yourself walking into heaven while
picture yourself walking into heaven while
singing this refrain, “And
holy is his name ....”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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