September  19, 2019

Thought for today: 

“There are  no  successful marriages. There are  only those that are succeeding - or failing.” 

Wells Goodrich

UNSPOKEN   UH OH!

You got angry with me 

for what I said - about 

something you did. It 

was simply my take 

on what I thought you 

were doing. As I walked 

away I had the afterward's 

thought, “Uh oh! 

What would you have 

said if you could hear
my unspoken words - 
my unspoken thoughts? 
Uh oh!” 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
Drawing - Woodcut  y
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Dutch Graphic Artist
[1898-1972]

September  18, 2019

Thought for today: 

“It takes two  to  make  a marriage a success and only one a failure.”  

Anonymous, 

Lord Samuel [Herbert Louis, 

first Viscount Samuel] 1870 - 1963], 

A Book of Quotations (1947) page 115.

September 17, 2019

LOCKED   CHURCH   DOOR

The priest didn’t know that 23 different

people at 23 different times had walked

up the front steps of that grey stone church

in the past 3 weeks - but the front door

was dead bolt closed and locked.

These 23 different visitors all came

in the daylight - expecting the red

painted church  door to be open -

but no - no - no - that church door

was dead bolt closed and  locked.

The priest - had become a rather tired

man - and the Spirit flew away and out

of his being some 11 years ago - and

he stopped wondering  why so many

people didn’t come to church any more.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

September  17, 2019 - 

Thought for today:  


"On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle,  the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or the paragraphys of Justinian.  Charity will be the whole syllabus." 

Robert Bellaramine.

September 16, 2019

 MOVE  THAT BODY

If you’re happy,

tell your face.

If you’re sad,

don’t tell your face.

If you’re lonely, move your feet

and  head for another’s door.

If your heart is hurting,

reach out and help someone.

If you’re doubting God,

move your feet to some place of beauty.

If you’re grouchy, move your mouth,

and quickly praise someone for something.

If you’re lazy,  get off your bottom

and visit someone who is shut in or out.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

September  16, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“I like reality. It tastes of bread.” 

Jan Anouilh, 

Catch as Catch Can, 1960