May 24, 2020

Thought  for  Today

“Tut, tut, child,” said the Duchess, “Everything’s got a moral if only you can find it.”  

The Duchess in Lewis Carroll’s 

Alice in Wonderland.

May   23,   2020

GETTING  CUT  OFF

It’s happening more and more:

this being cut off when I start

telling one of my stories.

Have they heard it before?

I don’t think so – but maybe that’s

it – or have I become boring?

Hitting 80,  I don’t want to be

shut off or shut up or shut out.

Hey, I still have things to say.

How about you? Do you have

things to say? Or do you feel

you’ve been cut off from talking too?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

May  23, 2020

Thought for Today

“Breaks balance out.  The sun don’t shine on the same old dog’s rear end every day.”  

Darrell Royal

May  22,  2020

ISOLATION   GAME 

FOR  TEN  PEOPLE 

Instructions: Please Print when doing each paper.

For 10 people you need 100 pieces of paper.

Hand out 10 pieces of paper to everyone present in the room. 

On the top – next to name – ask everyone to PRINT CLEARLY their name on all 10 pieces of paper.

Next pass along the papers till each person has 10 pieces of paper with 10 different names  on top - including their own.

Then on each piece of paper there are 10 categories.

Task:  Looking at the name on the top of a page, describe that person by just one word for each category.

For example: John Doe - Car  - Mercedes.

Here are the 10 categories:

Tree    ___________

Dog     ___________

Drink   ___________

Color   ___________

Virtue  ___________

Gift     ___________

Season  __________

Meal   ___________

Musical Instrument  ________

Chess piece _______________

Closing instructions:  No talking during the filling out part of the game. Take bathroom breaks. Nothing negative. You can pass – on any category for any reason – for any person. After everyone has done everyone, including themselves, each person should end up in hand with ten pieces of paper with their name on top - with a one word for each category.  Then start talking – but no dominating the conversation. Looking at your paper, spot surprises. You can tell why you gave a particular description, but you don’t have to. Trust one another. Love one another. Listen to one another. Build one another up.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

May   22.  2020

Thought   for  today

"The problem is that books are so much easier to buy than to read.  I'm quickly running out of space on my bookshelf."

Siri Capenter 

May  21,  2020

ROOTS

We don’t see roots – but we sometimes

discover them in friends and in the “WHY”

some people do what they do – even when

we do dumb. Even when we ignore them –

they still love us – forgive us – stand by us.

They know trees. They know people. They

know themselves. They know you can’t cut

down a tree to discover how deep its roots are.

They just are. I am – in this forest called us.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

May   21,   2020

Thought for Today

“One  must  be able to cut a knot, for everything  cannot be untied.”

Henri Frederic Amiel