DIFFERENT  

O   O   O   O   O   O   O

When you see me,
is it,  "Who do you see?"
or  "What  do you see?' 


Do you see a color
or a look 
or accent
or a collar
or a title
or a label?

July 28, 2018

ZUCCHINI AND GOD

Okay, you’re putting God off

till you’re retired and you have

a wondering if both of you

will be ready for each other

before the casket or the cancer

grabs you like a crab underwater.

Step back, relax, remember

the two of you  connected a few times

down through the years - and probably

better than some church goers.

For example, remember the joy

you felt that night you walked home alone

having just proposed to your wife....

Or that time you saw your first grandchild ….

Or that time you were sitting there 

with family at your dad’s funeral ….

Or that time you cried  - you actually

cried - after your neighbor whom you

never said hello to, gave you 26 zucchini

and about  2 dozen tomatoes.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

July 28, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“I just try to hit the dry side of the ball.” 

Stan Musial, on how 

to hit a spitball.

July 27, 2018

SOME PRAYERS

Some prayers are said,

but let’s be honest,
sometimes neither 
the speaker nor the SPOKEN TO

hears the words and

the sentiments. So, God,

urge me, to try, try again.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

July 27, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“I’d rather have  written  ‘Cheers’  than anything I’ve written.”  

Kurt Vonnegut

July 26, 2018

HOPE

Hope is a blue diamond - 

the most valuable diamond

in the world - but it comes

with a blessing and it comes

with a curse. Sometimes

we get what we want

and  sometimes we find out

we can’t handle not getting

or getting the hope

we were hoping for.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

July 26, 2018

Thought for today: 

“The important thing is somehow to begin.”  

Henry Moore