May  22, 2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open.” 

 

Sir James Dewar

May 22, 2021

 

GLUMP!

 

The sound of a drop of water
into a half-empty barrel: glump.
 
Interesting sound – so it didn’t
bother me at first as much as envy.
 
Talk about half-empty: my soul.
Too much what aging has siphoned.
 
Too much seeing what I’m missing.
Too much hearing empty glump.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  21,  2021

ROTATIONS

Down deep,
deep within,
inner emotions 
slowly spin,

forgets, regrets,
round and round,

back and forth,

up and down,

unconsciously,
while we live,
while we are
consciously doing
what we're doing:
work and the
everyday efforts -

the without realities - 

but there is always

these greater within

spins - the always - 

God and the eternal

everyday wonderful 

within - always - and

they will be forever.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 May  21, 2021

Thought for Today:

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”  

Lao-Tze

 May 20,  2021

ATMOSPHERE  OF  PEACE

What I want?
What I like?
It's to look at the menu

and order an atmosphere of peace

for every person at the table.

I want to bring peace 

into the rooms I enter -

to the tables I sit at -

into the conversations 

I find myself in.

I have some choices.

I can listen.

I can leave my ugly feelings

at the door - and walk in 

hoping for more.

I can't fill the whole valley 

or my street with peace,
but I can simply do what Christ did:
Enter rooms and be the peace we're all
looking for in each other. Amen.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

May  20,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“A tidy desk is the sign of a sick mind."

 

 May  19,  2021

WHEN  YOU  PRAY

When you pray,
when you want to pray,
go inside - open that inner door -
go inside - to your inner place -
where Jesus will meet you,
where Jesus will greet you,

where Jesus will sit with you,

where Jesus will feed you,
where Jesus will give you peace.
Keep it simple. Keep it as simple
as that. Amen. Alleluia.