THE GIFT  

OF BEING 

ABLE TO LAUGH

Quote for Today - January 29, 2011

"It's so easy to be solemn; it is so hard to be frivolous."

G. K. Chesterton [1874-1936], All Things Considered (20th Century)

WINTER NON-SAMARITAN*

Did you ever know, just know, that someone
was there, there in the dark, there in the shadows,
but you dare not admit it? You dare not notice them,
that is, till you are at least 30 feet away.

There I was walking down a cold January night,
Manhattan, restaurant and theater district, New York City,
and I passed by somebody, someone there in a plastic bag,
someone up to their neck in cold and trouble and hurt,
someone trying to keep warm, someone surrounded
by other garbage bags, garbage bags neatly lined up
all along the curb, and their eyes still follow me,
still follow me all these years, as I keep on walking
by so many hurting people, as I keep on walking away
from them down all these same, same streets,
down these same, same roads, from Jerusalem to Jericho.

* Cf. Luke 10: 29-37; Galatians 6: 2

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2011

BEWARE  OF  THY  MOUTH!

Quote for Today - January 28,  2011

"A word rashly spoken cannot be brought back by a chariot and four horses."

Chinese Proverb

"HELLO! 

WHO'S  IN  THERE?"

Quote for Today  - January 27, 2011


"Character is what you are in the dark."


Dwight L. Moody [1837-1899]

THE MAKER 

MAKES 

IMPRESSIONS 

Quote for Today - January 26, 2011


"Every flower of the field,
every fiber of a plant,
every particle of an insect,
carries with it
the impress of its Maker -
and can, if duly considered -
read us lectures of ethics or divinity."

Thomas Pope Blount [1649-1697]

I  LIVE  

NOW NOT I, 

BUT CHRIST 

LIVES WITHIN ME!*

Quote for Today - January 25, 2011 - Feast of the Conversion of Paul


"What other people think of me is becoming less and less important; what they think of Jesus Christ because of me is critical."


Cliff Richard

* Galatians 2: 20

WHAT'S  MY 

LIFE  SENTENCE?

Quote for the Day - January 24,  2011


"We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of self."


Cyril Connolly [1903-1974]