November  17, 2020

BOXES 

 
 
From time to time boxes are placed on our porch.
Holding – containing – the memories of our lives.
We miss them because we go in the side door.
Or someone steals them – or we’re not listening
to the reminders that surround us. Cars crash.

Relationships go another way. Life happens.

Death happens. We forget that not everyone

sees what we see the same way we see and

vice versa. But .... But.... But .... But from time

to time we hear a song in an elevator or a sermon
in our church – or we drive by a cemetery – or
the hearse has stopped in front of our house.

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

November 17,  2020

Thought for Today

 

 “A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.”

 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

No Rusty Swords

 November  16,  2020

 

 

GOING  TO  HELL

 

He actually said to himself,
“The hell with this, God. 
I'm going to hell.”  And that
afternoon those words,
that feeling, was burning,
burning him in his soul.
 
That afternoon, God thought
about what that guy said to Him.
“Interesting!” It takes God, a bit
of time – to let things play out,
but not this time. God said to
that guy deliberately, “Wanna bet? “
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

November 16, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“People who cough incessantly never seem to the doctor. They go to banquets, concerts and churches.”

 

 Someone

 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