April 19,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

 “If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.”

April  18,  2021

 

WHILE GETTING A HAIRCUT …. 

Sometimes,
but not all the time,
my mind spends time,
while getting a haircut.
 
Recognizing ….
Navigating ….
Figuring ….
Self-focusing ….
 
Supporting ….
Arguing ….
Questioning ….
Solving ….
 
Deciding ….
Resolving ….
Planning ….
Definitely ….
 
Then walking out
with more than
my hair cut - 
till my next hair cut.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

April 18,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

Carl Gustav Jung

 April 17,  2021

ON STAGE –

WITHOUT KNOWING IT

  

Dads do dozens of rarely noticed
automatic acts of kindness –
that kids won’t see till his funeral
or  his 75^th birthday – and actually
he probably will have forgotten.

Kids repeat – without even noticing –
what they learned from their dads.
These are the behind the scene stories –
sacraments, liturgy, repeated culture.
Watch your dad; watch history.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

April 17,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“In the world to come I shall not be asked, ‘Why were you not Moses?’ I shall be asked, ‘Why were you not Zusya?’”

 

Rabbi Zusya

 April 16,  2021

MY   MOMMY  THE  ARTIST

 

Moms are drawing 
10,000 chalk  figures
on the brains of their kids
all through their growing up years:
combing their hair,
dishing out cookies and chocolate,
reading to them,
showing them off to the world.

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

April 16,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Baseball is 90% mental.  The other half is physical.”

 

Yogi Berra