December 20, 2020

 

SILENCE 

The space after a comment -
sometimes it lingers for a second –
sometimes for the whole day or life.
 
It could be a compliment or
it could be a hurt – that rubs
us like a rasp or # 10 sandpaper.
 
The intent – now that is the question -
or the rub as Shakespeare puts it –
the why he or she said what they said.
 
The big silence is when we don’t talk 
to each other about what happened and
end up never really knowing what happened.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 December  20, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”  

 

Friedrich Nietzsche

December 19, 2020

EAT

 

What do tiny spiders eat –
and mites and invisible
creatures who are only
known to microscopes?
 
Do they feel it when I step
on them in the fields or on
the floor or sidewalk or when
I sit on them in church benches?
 
Evidently, there’s a lot more
going on that I’ll ever know –
how I sit on others or step on
their self-respect or self-image.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

December  19, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.”  

 

Friedrich Nietzsche

December 18,  2020

THE CRUCIFIX ON THE WALL

 
They got an 18 inch wooden crucifix
on their wedding day. Grandmothers
used to give things like that as wedding gifts.
 
His wife didn’t know what it was and instead
wondered how much green they got that day.
The crucifix stayed in its box on top of a closet.
 
It moved to the top shelf of two more closets
in their first two houses after five years of
apartment living without any kids, but ….
 
Grandmothers know what they are doing ….
It went on the wall – when his kid died  - and
the priest talked about the crucifix at his funeral.
 
 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

December 18,  2020

TRAPPED

 
Somewhere along the line in life –
we’ll see someone who is trapped
and all we do is look or walk on by.
 
They feel like they are in a cage –
and it seems like nobody does
anything to help them. Nobody.
 
It could be they are in a job or
a relationship – or a marriage –
and they need a key to escape.
 
Sometimes it might be us and
there is no Good Samaritan
walking down our road that day.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

December  18, 2020

 

Thought for Today

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overpowering conviction that I had no place else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

 

 Abraham Lincoln