November 15,   2020

ENOUGH

"Enough"  is  a good word.

“Enough already!”
“I’ve had enough!”
“Enough with the noise!”
 
"Enough!" is a good idea.
 
Listen to the eyes of
those around you or
their little protest sounds.
 
"Enough!" is a basic feeling.
 
Learning to be aware of
how we impact each other
teaches us to say, “Enough!”

"Enough" is a good word.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 

 

November 15, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 “No matter what scales we used,  we can never know the weight of another person’s burden.”

 

Anonymous

 November  14,  2020

 B  STUDENT

 

I’m a B Student.
Have been one all my life.
It’s not a bad place to be.
How about you?
 
It gives you a place to notice
what’s going on – without
having teachers or parents
on your back for bad or for more.
 
It also gives you time for
a lot of other things: just
hanging out and reading
what you want to read.
 
Being a B Student comes
without the two C’s:
comparison and competition
as well as teacher blaming.
 
Okay -  at 85 – I won’t have
any report cards with all A’s
to show my great grandkids.
I’ll only have time to B with them.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 November 14, 2020

 

Thought for Today

“God in his wisdom made the fly

and then forgot to tell us why.”

 

Ogden Nash,

Good Intentions

 

 November 13.  2020

 ME

 

Soggy,  dull,  somber, slushy,
gloomy,  humorless, solemn,
dreary, grim, painful, aloof,
“No - none of these descriptions ….”
 
 
Somewhat,  sometimes, sloppy,
flexible, nodding, limited, tease,
hunch, symbolical, a sponge at times,
“Yes - getting closer – a bit of these ….”

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

November 12, 2020

 

 SNAIL

 

How in the world did the snail

make it this far in the evolution

chain – that it’s still around?

 

It seems so small, so harmless,

so vulnerable, so oblivious to

all its surroundings.

 

And the answer came back almost

immediately from the snail, “It’s obvious.

I’m quiet and I live in a shell.”

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

November 12, 2020

 

Thought for Today

“Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.” 

Jean Cocteau