December  4, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“To me was shown no harder hell than sin.”

 

Juliana of Norwich

 December 3,  2020

SIMPLY,  JUST  ONE PART 

A frying pan,
A fire,
A coffee cup,
A baseball bat,
A “Hello!”
An “I love you.”
A rock,
A soup spoon,
A wave,
A piece of paper,
A diaper,
A T-shirt,
An oar,
An onion,
An aspirin,
A Christmas card,
God ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

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December  3, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

 “Few men  can afford to be angry.” 

Edmund Burke

 December  2,  2020

ARROGANCE

 

When arrogance walked into the room,

everyone became a bit nervous - along

with feelings of “Uh oh!” and “Oh no!”

 

Push! Push! Push!  filled the room.

 

Humility took a deep breath – while

humor began thinking up ways to

equalize the energy in the room.

 

Calm! Calm! Calm! became the call.

 

Wisdom whispered to the wise in the

room. “Open your eyes everyone. The

cocky and the conceited always crash.”

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

December  2, 2020

Thought for Today

“Saint Francis saw Beauty itself in beautiful things.  Follow the Beloved and you’ll see God’s footprints imprinted everywhere on creation. They make everything a ladder we can climb and embrace God who is utterly desirable.” 

 

Saint Bonaventure

 

 

December 1, 2020

 

EMPTY  CANVAS

 
Propped up on a wooded easel
was an empty canvas – the size
of a regular window in a house.
 
Asked by models, buyers, family,
down through the years, he said
it was for my masterpiece someday.
 
When he died at 67, the empty canvas
still was empty and Van Gogh asked
for that empty canvas and the next day ….

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

December  1, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.”

 

Miguel de Unamuno