May 11, 2023

Quote for Today

"The miracle is not to walk on water.

The miracle is to walk on the green earth,

dwelling deeply in the present moment

and feeling truly alive.

Thich Nhat Hanh

 May 10, 2023

THE  FLUTE

 

Breath and flow of a singular melody –

totally forgetting my surroundings –

totally knowing this is the world around me -

as well as insects, cicadas, buses and children.

Grateful – for being alive – one with the little

old lady – heading for the store – shopping –

and the 36 year old heading for work – or the

school crossing lady – there for the  protection –

of little 3nd graders - getting them across the street.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 May 10, 2023

Quote for Today

"By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little."

Edmund Burke [1729-1797]

Reflections  on the Revolution in France  (1790)

May 9, 2023

 

LASTING

 

Diamonds – so too rubies – so too

our grandfather’s gold pocket watch ….

They sit there in boxes on our bedroom bureau

to be noticed when we are moving – like

to a nursing home – or when we die.

But what really lasts is a nasty comment,

an affair or the moment we met our spouse.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

May 9, 2023

Quote for Today

"Love's a disease, but curable."

Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) 

English novelist,

Grewe Train (1926)

 May 8, 2023

STEPS OR SLIDE

Do I see life

or do I do life

as steps or a slide?

If it's steps,

I take one step at a time.

If it's a slide,

I'm like everyone else, my dear.

© Reflections, Andy Costello

May 8, 2023

Quote for Today

 "When one is at ease with himself one is  near Tao."

Chuang Tzu [369-286 B.C.]