October 12,  2021

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Everyone ought to write their autobiography.

I have a story.  I am a story. I am details.

I am connected to persons and places.

I am family: a mom and dad and home.

I am with others in my day to day moments.

So just take the time to jot down the details.

Capture the history.  Capture the mystery.

Capture the moments with ink and paper.

Begin by reading other person’s autobiography.

Begin by talking to each other – who’s who.

Begin by filling page after page with your stories.

Find the letters.  Save the letters. Read the letters.

It won't all be perfect. There will be broken moments.

There will also be love and generosity and the good.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 October    12,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”

 Philip Pullman

 October  11,  2021

SOUNDS

 
I see sounds.
 
A yawn …. The movement
of a chair whenever she speaks ….
 
A stretch.  He’s taken out his car keys....
 
Looking at his watch.  He definitely
wants out of here – maybe to get home ….
 
Standing up…. Looking at his coat ….
Going to the bathroom …. Looking at me ….

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

October    11,  2021 

Thought for the Day

 

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”

 

Jhumpa Lahiri, 

The Namesake

 October 10, 2021

HE  BARKS

 

I heard a wife complaining
about her husband: “He barks!”
 
“Barks?”

“Yes! He shouts at me and
he snaps at the kids – in fact anyone
who doesn’t do what he wants.”
 
Just then I saw him petting their dog.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

October    10,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 

The Shadow of the Wind

 October 9, 2021

A  PRIEST?

 

Great question: ask people
their take on Catholic priests.
 
I’m a priest. I have my take.
What’s your’s? People have met priests.
 
You might get a negative response.
But you could also get a great take.
 
Someone might tell you about a priest
who made a big difference in their life.
 
You never know till you ask.
You might even call and say, “Thank you!”
 
You might even take  the time
to think about “How you did  life so far?”
 
You might even decide to become
a priest yourself. Hey you never know.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021