May 19, 2023
Quote for Today
"Boredom is ... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it."
Bertrand Russell [1872-1970]
The Conquest of Happiness ((1930) Chapter 4
Friday, May 19, 2023
Thursday, May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023
Diamonds – so too rubies – so too
our grandfather’s gold pocket watch ….
They last in boxes on our bedroom
bureau
top 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
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023
SOMETIMES THEY KNOW
Sometimes the little old lady in the chair
in the corner knows much more than the
rest of the folks in the room. Beneath the
wrinkles – in some corner of her brain – is
a vault full of ideas – helpful answers to the
whys and wherefores of our questions....
Old Men too – but you have to ask – then
you have to take time to listen, listen, listen.
© Reflections, Andy Costello
May 17, 2023
Quote for Today
"Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly. Therefore it would be desirable and good for the doctors or theology to know something about it and to understand what it actually is. and cease unjustly and unfoundedly to call it witchcraft."
Paracelsus
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
Reflection
GATHERING
IN A CIRCLE
The scene’s the same:
circles of friends –
quilting parties – taking
the place of sewing circles –
exchanging family happenings –
gossip – worries – needs ….
The equality of a round table ….
Working together on a project ....
Who sits where? Who controls
the conversation? Who turns things around?
© Reflections, Andy Costello
May 16, 2023
Quote for Today
"You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished. The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop, and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain. and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion. Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours."
John G. Reinhardt, Black Elk Speaks
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