October 20, 2018

ILLUSION

The self-centeredness of illusion and disillusion 

sometimes dominate my mind. It takes time 

for me to realize you didn’t say what I thought 

you said. I didn’t see  what you were seeing 

and saying - I  was too wrapped up in my own 

seeings and hearings, thinkings and feelings. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

October 20, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“One can repent even of having  repented.” 

Bernard Berenson [1865-1959]

October 19. 2018

BOXES

Looking out my car window

I spotted four  boxes, 1,2,3,4,

then I noticed about six more

boxes, 5,6,7,8,9,10 boxes ….

They were in trucks, on dollies,

being delivered, being carried,

being wheeled on sidewalks,

tan colored cardboard boxes.

Boxes - the mystery of wondering

what’s inside - what’s hidden -

sort of like the mystery of people -

walking up and down the streets.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

October 19, 2018 

Thought for today:  

“Life has taught me  that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our  qualities.” 

Bernard Berenson [1865-1959]

October 18, 2018

FEAR

Sometimes you see it in their eyes ….

Sometimes it’s on their face ….

Sometimes it’s on a leash as they walk down the street ....

Sometimes it’s over their right shoulder as they twitch ....

Sometimes it’s on their finger tips as they bite their nails ....

Sometimes it’s in their fingers as they say their worry beads ....

Sometimes it’s in their breathing as they lock the door ....

Sometimes it’s in the pulpit or the pub ….

Sometimes God screams, “Stop making me fear!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

October 18, 2018

Thought for today: 

“From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy.”  

Bernard Berenson [1865-1959]

October 17, 2018

OCTOBER

Intriguing interesting month ….

It’s either Spring or Fall ….

buds appearing or leaves dying -

death and resurrection

depending which hemisphere

we’re in, cool but not too hot,

warm but not too cold….

It’s in between time and season -

time before the slow of Winter

or the slow of Summer.

October! Check your calendar.

Everyone makes October

the month to meet and to do.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018