September 4, 2023
Reflection
DEATH OF
A SALESMAN
Arthur Miller was right!
All of us are salesmen
selling ourselves and who
and what we are and have.
And we age. We’re not wanted.
We’re neglected and rejected.
Heck! I’m almost 84.
I know what I’m talking about
and when I talk I’m cut off
for younger conversations.
So Arthur Miller, thanks
for putting it into words
and for putting it on stage.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
September 4. 2023
Quote for Today
"If any of us were to list the five most important things in life - for anyone - what would they be? A sense of meaning. A feeling of personal fulfillment. Having people who really care about us. Having basic necessities - food, shelter, health. And contentment and peace."
Merle and Phyllis Good,
20 Most Asked Questions
about the Amish and Mennonites,
page 20
September 3. 2023
Reflection
LIST
OF WHAT FULFILLS
Seeing a child ….
Salary ….
Title ….
The end of the day ….
A compliment….
Recognition ….
Chocolate milk shake ….
Playing cards on the dining room table ….
Walking the dog with a yo yo ….
The Fourth of July ….
Leaning against a big
Leaning against a big, fat, old tree ….
A perfect dive into a deep blue pool ….
Thanksgiving with the whole family ….
More ….
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
September 2, 2023
Reflection
TEARS
Source of that water?
Source of that river?
Way upstream.
Maybe it was when
my father abandoned us
way back when – tears
coming – unnoticed – slowly
flowing down my face during
a movie or watching a father
carrying his daughter up the stairs.
There is less about mom –
but tears will come if I ever listen
to her side of the story – but
then again, I never listened
to my dad that day when I saw
him crying. Upstream is far,
far away... far away.
© Reflections,
Andy Costello
September 1, 2023
EPHRATA
Today I arrived in a new place:
Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
New life, a new place to live.
It's from the word, "Ephrath".
That's the Syriac, Aramaic, Hebrew
name for Bethlehem where Jesus was born.
What will, what can, what hope
do I have for this interesting name
of a place in Lancaster County, PA?
Our religious community, the Redemptorists,
came here in 1914.
Ephrata was started by another religious community,
a semimonastic order of male and female
Seven Day Dunkers - back in 1732.
It's now a town of about 14,000 people.
Interesting! We'll see. What's next?
(c) Reflections, Andy Costello
September 1, 2023
