Friday, November 16, 2018


November 16, 2018 

Thought for today: 


“No one can  make  you feel inferior without your consent.” 


Anna Eleanor Roosevelt [1884-1962] 
in This Is My Story [1937].

Thursday, November 15, 2018

November 15, 2018


YOU GOTTA LAUGH

The other person is blind.
The other person is deaf.
The other person is difficult.
The other person breaks things.
The other person wrecks things.
The other person is demanding.
Then the other person just walks out -
nothing hits him and you’re just
stuck with the mess. Sorry this
is just way it is: so you better
learn how to laugh - because
this is way it is - sometimes.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018



November 15, 2018 


Thought for today: 


“Fortunately  psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts.  Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.” 


Karen Horney in Our Inner Conflicts [1925]

Wednesday, November 14, 2018


November 14, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Life is a foreign  language; all men mispronounce it.” 


Christopher  Morley [1890-1957],  
Thunder on the Left, [1925], chapter 14.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

November 14, 2018


IF ALL WERE BLIND


If all were blind,  what would life be like?

Would marriages  be better?

Would prejudices take on newer forms?

Would fat people have different inner self-talk?

Would theology or God-talk be different?

What would wars be like?

If all were blind, what would life be like?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

November 13, 2018


YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET
 WHAT YOU WANT!


You can’t always get 
what you want - but 
it's better to keep trying. 

Sometimes the menu 
doesn’t have what 
it says it has…. 

Sometimes the other person 
just doesn’t do what you 
thought they were going to do. 

Sometimes today doesn't 
turn out the way you thought 
today would turn out. 

But sometimes it does, so 
how are you doing with the way 
your day is going so far?  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018


November 13, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“There was so  much  handwriting on the wall /  That even the wall fell down.”  



Christopher Morley [1890-1957], 
Around the Clock  [1943]