August 17, 2020

FORGOTTEN  PROMISES

Promises – forgotten -  are worse 

than a lost sock or glove or where 

did I leave my glasses or my wallet? 

I told you I’d be there by 4 PM and 

you’re waiting there in the mall for me 

and it’s 6 PM and I’m taking a nap. 

Not good …. And I don’t know that 

you made a decision around 5 PM 

to end this relationship and I’ll play 

the “But you promised” card for the 

next year – and I won’t know why 

you’re doing what you’re doing. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

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 

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 10^th Anniversary, June 17^th, 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.

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?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

August 16, 2020

Thought  for  Today

 “Honesty  is  the first chapter of the book of wisdom.”

 

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 

a healing for those who need a healing,

and strength for those caring for them."

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

August  15,  2020

Thought  for  Today

“Nothing is interesting,  if you are not interested.”

Helen MacInnes