Thought for today:
“Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.”
Duke Ellington
[1899-1974],
when asked to compose
sacred music, recalled
at his death on May 24, 1974.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
May 23, 2019
SCOWL OR SMILE
People see our face every
time they photograph us
with their eyes. What do
they see most of the time:
a scowl or a smile?
Second question: What
changes a scowl to a
smile? Answers: music
dancing and an invitation
to smile. Start watching.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2019
May 22, 2019
POWER AND CONTROL
Control: now that’s a big major
life issue….
We’re often wondering:
“Who’s actually in control around
here?”
We think that, because, my will,
my plan, my desire is this:
that all be it done on earth
as it is - my idea about what
heaven is.
Now, of course, God laughs at these
my thoughts and I better laugh as
well,
because in the long run
everything
is in our control and context,
because
sometimes the electricity goes
out
and we find out nobody here is in
control
because we have to exist without
tv for a while.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2019
.
May 21, 2019
TRANSLATION
It’s all translation….
We really can’t figure out
what another is saying.
How can I understand
how you are tasting
butter almond ice cream
or how angry you are feeling
when you’re waiting for a person
to pull out of a parking place
and then another person
zips into that place out of
nowhere?
You didn’t even finish your wave
of thanks
to that person for hurrying up to
let you in.
It’s all translation ….
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2019
May 21, 2019
Thought for today:
“The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are
they ever wholly monstrous. But neither,
in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents,
however old and wise we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.”
John Le
Carre,
Book-of-the-Month
Club News,
May 1986
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