January  27,  2021

Thought for the Day

"I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs."

Zelda Fitzgerald

January 26, 2021

 

TRANSPARENT 

To be transparent,
now that’s difficult –
especially to ourselves.
 
To be translucent
as the blue water on a
Caribbean beach. Rare!
 
We all have some
sharks, sting rays,
swimming underneath.

And sometimes the water
is gray and we have no idea
of the wrecks and treasures below.

So we better accept
each other as is and
slowly get the surprises.
 

And who said they have
to be bad secrets. Jesus
discovers people at the water.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

January  26,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

"Other people's ideas of us are dependent largely on what they've hoped for."

Zelda Fitzgerald

 January  25,  2021

SOME  KEY  QUESTIONS

 

Is there a bottom to all this?
Have you thought of the consequences?

How about repercussions?
What’s missing?
What’s working and working well?
How much is this going to cost?
What are the jobs that need to be done?
Is there a check list?
Who is going to do what?
Is there anybody who is going to lose out?
Is there an end – a should be finished date?
 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

January  25,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” 

 

Zelda  Fitzgerald

January 24, 2021

HATRED 

Down through the years
I’ve seen a person or two
put a spoonful of hatred
in their coffee cup and
then start stirring it in while
sharing a morning conversation.
I was often tempted to point
at the sugar bowl just 2 inches
away. But then came the
obvious, “Sugar! Be sweet.
Be the sugar yourself.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

January  24,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Don’t criticize your wife’s judgment. Look at who she married.”

 

Sign on a farmhouse 

kitchen wall in rural Ohio