May 26, 2023

😁Quote for Today

"The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts."

Paul Ralph Enrlich1932 0 0=l

 May 25, 2023

TURNING

 

Turning:

that’s something we can all do.

Inward listening to self –

that can described as meditation ….

Outward listening to others – hearing

the feelings others have in their words….

That can be described as caring.

I feel joy and I feel fear – both.

I can be an optimist and a pessimist – both.

That’s me – the inner me.

That’s me – becoming a whole person –

Becoming a well rounded person ….

Becoming – that’s me – I hope.

Becoming – that’s you – I hope too.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 May 25, 2023

Quote for Today

"Now feel  the heart break in the heart of things."

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962)

Englis poet, "Lament" (1918)

May 24, 2023

COMFORTABLE

 

What’s wrong with having comfortable

as a goal. Nothings wrong with that –

unless we’re not facing uncomfortable

things we need to face and deal with?

Comfortable chairs and beds and to be

with people we’re comfortable with.

That sounds like a great goal in life.

Sometimes we have to tell another person

they are heading in the wrong direction.

Now that can be very uncomfortable!

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 May 24, 2023

Quote for Today

"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."

Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

Nat Shapiro and Nat Hentoff

Hear Me Talkin' to Ya (1955)

 May 23, 2023

THE  PAST

 

The past is never past.

Mistakes, sins, something

I said or did that was dumb

hangs there like a favorite old shirt 

in a dark basement closet for the longest time.

Time – not a Spring cleaning –

is my only hope.

 

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 May 23, 2023

Quote for Today

"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."

Norman Douglas

 (South Wind (1917) Chapter 6