June 28,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“What does your conscience say? — ‘You should become the person you are’.”  

 

Friedrich Nietzsche

June  27,  2021

FINAL  EDITION

 

Does a poem differ

if I write it with a red pen –

instead of my regular blue ink

ball point pen?

 

How about:  does it differ

depending on what I had for supper

and the conversation we had

during it was a good one?

 

A poem has to come

from somewhere – something

on the lawn or on the kitchen table

or a surprise phone call.

  

Everything and everyone

are interconnected. Too often

I’m not connecting with the everyone.

Write poems!  You too God. You too!

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

June  27,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“As for you, my galvanized friend, you want a heart. You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” 

 

from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

 by Frank L. Baum

 June  26,  2021

REFLECTIONS 

Light off silver or gold ….
Image in a mirror ….
Something someone said keeps echoing within ….
Memories after experiences ….
Books written ….
Points to Ponder – Reader’s Digest ….
Thoughts in solitary confinement ….
Window seat – by yourself – on a long bus ride ….
Thoughts in church at a loved one’s funeral ….
Nursing home – after the visitors leave ….
Kicking oneself – after a divorce ….
Inside one's head in a barber’s chair ….
Some sermons ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 June  26,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“What’s important is finding out what works for you.”

 

Henry  Moore

 June 25,  2021

HUGS  AND  TEARS

 
Hugs and tears -
now that’s a good combo
to stop and think about
for a few moments.
 
Hugs and tears  ….
 
Picture, ponder,
all those folks who never
felt – really felt – a hug
that triggered tears.
 
Hugs and tears ….
 
There are kids whose parents
didn’t hug – for all kinds of reasons –
all kinds of, “I don’t do hugs.”
“Sorry …. Sorry …. Sorry.”
 
Hugs and tears ….
 
There are adopted kids –
who never got a real hug or hold
from their actual moms or dads ….
“Sorry …. Sorry …. Sorry.”
 
Hugs and tears ….
 
Tears are a lubricant and a rush
of water that can break down dams
and cause a great healing on the
other side of those damn walls.
 
Hugs and tears ….

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 June  25,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.”

 

Anonymous