August 17, 2020
Thought for Today
“A four-horse chariot cannot overtake the spoken word.”
Tzu Kung, an aphorism
quoted by Confucius,
c. 500 BC
c. 500 BC
Monday, August 17, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
400,000 HITS
Today, Sunday August
16, 2020 my blog had its 400,000 hit.
I want to just tag that piece of information for myself.
I started this blog
back on June 17, 2007.
On the 10th Anniversary, June 17th,
2017 there were 226,545 hits and 4879 blog entries.
Today I’m up to 7618 entries. Not all are mine. If you check out my blog –
you know I like putting in a quote for the day – and they are from others.
Once more I want to thank Norm Constantine for setting up my
blog for me.
I also want to thank those who have thanked me for providing
some food for thought – from others and from myself.
All the best as you navigate this pandemic. Wear a mask and may the Lord help you make it
through the nite. Amen.
August 16, 2020
MOVIES RE-RUNS
The power of some movies
is that they keep playing in
our mind and our memory.
When at the ocean – or when
we’re swimming trough life,
be careful, you never know
what Jaws could be underneath.
In life Rocky kept running
and kept getting back up.
The Natural figured out it’s
never too late. We still can be
the best there ever was - even
though we keep paying for the
mistakes we made in our past.
though we keep paying for the
mistakes we made in our past.
When we think life is not fair,
we can remember Doctor Zhivago.
He kept looking – kept hoping –
kept writing – especially his poetry.
Be careful what you wish for,
especially when you want to be Big.
Talk to people. Find out what are
the movies still playing in their
memory? What are the movies
still playing on our inner screens
movies that still moving us?
movies that still moving us?
Saturday, August 15, 2020
August 15, 2020
ASSUMPTION
The ocean did what it does every day:
in and out, waves every 7 to 10 seconds,
heading for the beaches – but today –
here on the Jersey Shore – August 15 –
I prayed a prayer and an appeal to Mary:
“It’s your feast, Mary, the feast of your
holy Assumption, and the tradition is
that you grant blessings at the waters
on this day, so today how about many
that you grant blessings at the waters
on this day, so today how about many
a healing for those who need a healing,
and strength for those caring for them."
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2020
Friday, August 14, 2020
August 14, 2020
FABRIC AND TEXTURE
The feel of a rose petal ….
The skin of a banana ….
The elbow of a gorilla ….
The tear of a mother ….
The honey on the handle ….
The dust rag on a spider’s web ….
The ink on the check ….
The ocean at my feet ….
The queen next to the pawn ....
The strawberry jam on the toast ….
The broken shoe lace ….
The small hand on the clock ....
The wing of a gull ….
The last chocolate in the box ….
The last page of the book ….
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
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