February 10, 2018

Black History Month Thought for today: 

“The  battles  that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at.” 

Jesse Owens

February 10, 2018

COMEDY  OR  TRAGEDY?

Do I write my life script or is it handed to me?

Do I have the lead or do I play a bit part?

Can I change the scenes to A Far Country?

Can I decide when to open or close the curtain?

Can I be or not to be?

Am I Macbeth, King Lear, Romeo or Juliette,
or Stella looking for A Street Car Named Desire?

Is my life a Midsummer’s Night Dream
or a Long Day's Journey Into Night?

Is it Much Ado About Nothing

Is it All’s Well That Ends Well?
Or am I going to Look Back in Anger?
Will God or Godot be waiting for me?

My life: Is it a comedy or a tragedy?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

February 9, 2018

LOVE  ONE  ANOTHER  

AS  I  HAVE  LOVED  YOU.

To be a good human being,

you have to be perfect - no mistakes.

To be a good Christian,

you can make mistakes

like the rest of us. There’s always

forgiveness. But you have to go

the extra mile when it comes to love

and try to make life sweeter for each other.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

February 9, 2018

Black History Month Thought for today: 

“Darkness  cannot  drive out darkness;  only light can do  that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

February 8, 2018

ICE

They told me to watch out for ice - 

on the steps, the streets, the roads 

today. I did and I didn’t slip. 

They didn’t warn me to watch out for 

ice in some people - so I slipped on the 

steps, the streets and the roads today.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

February 8, 2018

Black History Month Thought for today: 

“The  outside  world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren’t worth anything. But our parents said it wasn’t so, and our churches and our schoolteachers said it wasn’t so. They believed in us, and we, therefore, believed in ourselves.” 

Marian Wright Edelman

February 7, 2018

OUR  FATHER, 

FORGIVE  US  OUR  TRESPASSES 

Okay, I dropped your coffee mug.

It broke big and you forgave me big.

I didn’t want to play baseball

and all the other dads were

bragging about their sons -

you let me play lacrosse instead.

I didn’t want to go to college.
I wanted to be do car repairs

and work in a body shop - and

dad you said, not at first, but

you said, “Okay, son. Go for it.”

I married her. I knew she wasn’t

the one you hoped for, but our

5 daughters made you one big

wonderful mushy grandfather.

When your younger son messed

up - disappeared - and finally

came back begging, you took him

in immediately. It took the rest of us

a while, but thanks for the good example.

Dad, there are 70 times 7 more times

and examples and episodes of forgiveness

that you showed us. Thanks for those

lessons and a lot more. I just hope

I live up to all you taught me.

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018