June 15, 2023
Quote for Today
"Nothing to be done without a bribe I find, in love as well as law."
Susannah Centlivre (c. 1668-1723)
English actress and dramatist,
The Perjured Husband (1700) act 3, sc. 3
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
June 14, 2023
CHANGED
I just got transferred
from the ocean to the country,
Long Branch, New Jersey
to Ephrata, Pennsylvania,
a retreat house to assisted living.
I just walked down to the water
to say, “Good bye – I haven’t
appreciated you in the 3 years
I was stationed here.
Sorry."
Will this remind me to feel the
missing and appreciate the next?
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023
BLAME
The person to blame
in the long run is oneself.
It takes time to notice this reality.
It takes time to stop blaming
parents and family and teachers.
It takes time to go figure.
It takes time to forgive,
It takes time to realize the other
has their own field to cultivate.
That means weeding, derocking,
cultivating the earth that is me.
Time, getting one’s hands dirty,
having the right tools – and
learning to work with the weather.
Adjusting ,,, adjusting ,,, adjusting –
stop the blaming, so the me I am
ends up being the me I really am.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
Monday, June 12, 2023
June 12, 2023
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO
PARIS
Mrs. Harris goes to Paris.
It rhymes: Harris / Paris.
Last night we watched a great movie:
Mrs. Harris goes to Paris.
She goes to get a Dior dress.
A loud message I got was:
“When do some women
start to feel invisible”?
It happened to her as she got older.
After watching the movie it got me to see
the women in my life.
Which ones are invisible?
And, “When does this happen
to the women I know?
Those I live and work with?
Who are the one’s I don’t see?
© Reflections, Andy Costello
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