WISDOM 

MADE SIMPLE  

Februrary 13, 2010

Quote of the Day:

“The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don’t say much.”

Germain G. Glidden [1913-1999] Germain Green Glidden was a national squash racquets champion, painter, muralist, cartoonist and founder in 1959 of the National Art Museum of Sport.

Question:  When you read this quote, whom do you think of?

KNOW  IT  ALL

Quote of the Day: February 12,  2010

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

Anonymous

PERFECT  MISTEAKES 

CAN BE TASTY

February 11, 2010

Quote of the Day:

“Even perfect people buy pencils with erasers.”

Anonymous

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Questions:

Have you ever made a mistake that you learned as much as a college degree from it?

What's the biggest mistake you ever made?

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, how easy is it for you to admit a mistake.

Don't you hate it when you pick up a pencil with an eraser - but the eraser is a bummer of an eraser - and then the erased area ends up looking horrendous?

WHAT   COUNTS?

Quote of the Day: February  10,  2010

“It is difficult to know what counts in the world. Most of us count credits, honor, dollars. But at the bulging center of mid-life, I am beginning to see that the things that really matter take place not in the boardrooms, but in the kitchens of the world.”

Gary Allen Sledge

VINEGAR OR HONEY?

February 9. 2010

Quote of the Day:

“Some Christians give the impression they were baptized in vinegar.”

Anonymous

IT’S YOU

It’s not what you say;
it's how you say it
that’s seems so stupid.

It’s not your ideas;

it's your laziness and non-reading,
that I have problems with.

It’s not your yawns;

it's your staying up too late
that bothers me.

It’s not your words;
it's when you speak them
that bugs me.

It’s not your questions;
it’s your answers
that hit my buttons.

It’s good once in a while
to look in a mirror
and talk to oneself.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2010

HEAVEN! 

SURPRISE  I  MADE  IT!

Quote of the Day:  February 8, 2010


BEST POEM IN THE WORLD

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp--
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Herb, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
I would love to hear Your take.
How'd all these sinners got up here?
God must've made a mistake.

'And why is everyone so quiet,
So somber - give me a clue?'
'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.
No one thought they'd be seeing you.'




Anonymous, sent to me by e-mail. I was trying to come up with a drawing or some image of heaven. What would that be like? I found this drawing by Christopher Vorlet - and put it here for starters. Smile.