September   4,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“The pendulum of the mind oscillates  between sense and nonsense,  not between  right and wrong.”

 

Carl Jung,

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

 September 4,  2021

Reflection

 September   3,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“I always tell students that it is what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

 

Harry S. Truman

September  3,  2021

Reflection

 September  2, 2021

COMPARISONS

 
She knew she wasn’t supposed
to compare. Why not? Many reasons.
You really never know the other. 

You don’t. But she looked around 

wanting to compare herself to all 

the other blades of grass on the
great big green lawn next to the
house. Height? No. Width? No. 

Lawn mowers are the great equalizers.

They take care of that kind of comparison.  

Green? Shades of green. Comparisons.
There it was. That was it. My green
is a better green than your green.
Do we all need something to make
ourselves look better than the next guy?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

September   2,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”

 

Winston Churchill

September 1, 2021

 

GROUNDLESS 

I realize I need to be like a wrestler,
who throws his opponent to the mat.
That’s kind of harsh talking  – but
sometimes when the other seems
to just be babbling – blurting out non-
thought out thoughts – it’s then I need
to break another’s soap bubbles – with
hopes it's then they might understand.
 
I use questions - hooks that could
cause pauses in the other. Maybe
that will tell them I’m interested
in what they might be trying to say.
How else can I get to the ground
of their being – to the experiences
they might not have dug into - in
the experiences of their lifetime.

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021