April  21, 2020

9 POUNDS 12 OUNCES

Every night seeing that number –

of how many have died till now

from this coronavirus 19, it was

great today to get a new number:

9 pounds, 12 ounces, Max – boy.  

Hurry with the pictures!

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

April  21,  2020

Thought  for  Today

“Everyone’s waiting for that period in life when they have lots of free time, lots of energy, and no distractions.  That’s called death.  You’ve got to find a way of working in a crowded life with other priorities and constant distraction.”  

Dana Gioia, 

Business Week, 

November 13, 2006

NIGHT  PRAYER

Lord of long days, 

of wrong days and right days, 

good days and bad days. 

Lord of tomorrow, today and let 

me throw in yesterday as well. 

I pause now at the end of this day 

to say a, “Thanks!” and a “Sorry!” 

I need a good sleep  to do 

another one of these tomorrow. 

Enough…. Enough. 

At the end of day, 

I know I was never enough….

But that’s your job, O Lord. 

That’s your job, O Lord. 

Be our eternal enough.

Be our eternal enough.

Amen. Amen. 

                                                          © Andy Costello, Reflections

April  20,  2020

MORNING   PRAYER  

Do you see each day as a blessing?

Do you have the habit 
of looking out your morning window?

Do you smile when you see 
the scattering rays of light 
that landed on green leaves 
and brown branches 
on your favorite tree - 
when you spot a black cat
on a big blue plastic garbage can 
watching the birds
and one more sunrise.

Or do you almost have to have died 
before you pinch yourself 
for the gift of one more day of life - 
to live it to the full.

Thank you God 
for this new day
of life and love.

Surprise me God.
Surprise me God today with great delight

I promise you 
I'll be waiting;
I'll be watching 
like that cat.

Thank You, God. Thank You. 




                                                                                                 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

April   20,  2020 

Thought  for  Today 

“`Broadway  is  a street,’ typed the columnist, `where people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.’”

Carl Sandburg

April  19,  2020

CORONAVIRUS  19

This  coronavirus is a bummer.

People are funny.

A doctor wearing a face mask

said in a TV interview,

“My dad retired and sat down

in a Lazy Boy chair for 10 years

and never left it. Now he’s going

outside and won’t come in.”

This  coronavirus is a bummer.

People are funny.

Then the doctor said, “Hey

if you see my dad walking

around town, tell him to get

home and to take off his

Archie Bunker mask – and

and put on a smile mask.

People are funny.

This  coronavirus is a bummer.

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

April 19, 2020

Thought for Today

“There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own rightness.”

Louis L’Amour, Ride the Dark Trail,

Taken from A Trail of Memories,

Compiled by A. L’Amour, page 159