March 9,  2021

 

UNDERNEATH

 
When we’re with another, don’t forget
the surprise of the out of sight underneath.
 
I was just wondering about
what I didn’t know about you.
 
Moreover,  I might not see you
again – so I might not find out.

 
I didn’t know what your breakfast
was like this morning. Nope.
 
I don’t know if you’re beginning to feel
your kids have written you off as boring.
 
What’s in the O – in the middle letter
between the G and the d in your God?
 
Any dreams, any nightmares, any
hopes that seem to sliding away?
 
Escape to your inner room, or to the
mountains or the desert – and go underneath

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

March  9,  2021

Thought for the Day

“I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my first-born novel, laughed at my phrasing, twirled my lacy pretensions around and gobbed into the seething mosh pit of my stolen clichés. As I read the report, the world became very quiet and stopped rotating. What poisoned me was the fact that the report’s criticisms were all absolutely true. The sound of my landlady digging in the garden got the world moving again. I slipped the letter into the trash…knowing I’d remember every word.” 

 

David Mitchell

March  8,  2021

Thought for the Day

“All risk risks rejection…Very often, it is perseverance—not talent—which wins the day. Too often, we become discouraged by a single rejection. We forget that negative criticism is only one person’s opinion. Discouraged, we fail to go forward. This is where we often need the help of a “Believing Mirror”– someone who sees our potential and the potential of our work.”

 

Julia Cameron

March 8, 2021

WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE

 
 
Living on the edge of the Atlantic ….
There are many morning thoughts ….
 
Back in the days of way back when,
what was it like after many days, or
weeks or months to see another boat
at a distance? Friend or foe or what?
 
Like this morning, there are no boats
on the waters…. Where is everybody?

 

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

  

 March  7,  2021

“PRESENT!”

 
Each day, each morning,
the world pauses and
cries out our name.
 
What’s our answer?
Is it “Present!” or does
someone yell out for us, “Absent!”
 
They see our face.
They know our thoughts.
They know we’re elsewhere?
 
We’re in yesterday or last year
or tomorrow or next year. So
we’re not here – not right now.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

March  7,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Failure is part of it. You will be rejected dozens and dozens of times. The best way to prepare for it is to have something else in the works by the time the rejection letter arrives. Invest your hope in the next project. Learning to cope with rejection is a good trait to develop.”

 

Po Bronson

March  6,  2021

OUR  FACE

 

Where did we get our face?
Do we like it?
Compare it to our mom’s and dad’s.
How much does geography sculpt us?
What about relationships?
Who puts a smile on our face?
Who puts a scowl?
Did you know there are people
who don’t know the color of our eyes?
What name do we like to be called?
Do we have a safe mirror?
Has anyone said, “You look beautiful?”
Give me a name? Who?
Whose face lights up when we arrive?
When we do we look our best?
What’s the greatest thing
anyone ever said about you?
Tell me about that moment?
What did it do to your face?

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021