Thursday, January 16, 2020

January 15, 2020


GOD  TUGS

God tugs.

God tugs the tassel
of our thoughts –
not just in church,
temple or mosque.

God touches us
when we stop to
watch the deep dark
night sky.

God taps our wallet

when we walk down
the street and see a
beggar's out stretched hand.

God takes our hand 
when we tumble on our way of the cross,
wipes our face with his cloak,
and gets us to our Calvary.

God tantalizes
us when we see
tangerines on the table.
Take, taste and eat.

God  thinks
with us when we are
on the communion line
when  we receive each other.

God tugs.

© Andy Costello, Reflections

Wednesday, January 15, 2020


January  15, 2020




Thought  for Today 

 
“Hope is a dangerous thing.” 

Colonel MacKenzie 
in the movie 1917 
which we just came 
home from. Phew! 

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

January  14,  2020


GUINEA  PIG


Sometimes I feel like I’m
your guinea pig – because
I feel like you’re not really talking
to me – you’re having a future conversation -
or you’re looking over my shoulder
at a “Next!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections


January  14, 2020 

Thought  for Today  

“As  soon as you can say what you think and not what  some other person has thought for you,  you are on your way to being a  remarkable man.”   


J. M. Barrie, Tommy 
and Grizel, 1900
  

Monday, January 13, 2020

January 13, 2020


ELITE


Is there a secret desire 
in all of us to be elite? 

Not in everything – but in something – 
or in at least one thing. 

I know how to dress just right 
and you have no clue. 

I know wines and after dinner 
drinks – and you know nothing. 

I’m good in cards or ping pong or 
Shanghai rummy – and you’re not. 

“Thank God I’m not like the rest – 
greedy – grasping – so, so selfish ….”* 

Do we have these desires because 
we actually feel inferior to so and so? 

Is the secret to be able to laugh at 
ourselves especially when our egg cracks? 

Is the secret what Jesus said, “Whoever 
humbles him or herself will be exalted? 

Why is it that we want to be seen 
As Number 1 – at table or at church? 


© Andy Costello, Reflections
*Check Luke 18: 8-14

January  13,  2020


“Heresy  is the  lifeblood  of  religion. It is faith that begets heresies.  There are no heresies in a dead religion.”



Andre Suares, Pegny, 1912

Sunday, January 12, 2020

January 12, 2020




LAYERED  LOOK


Look! Look at your life.
Look carefully. Look!
There are layers upon layers.
There are events upon events –
comments upon comments –
hurts that trigger hurts,
passive aggression on top
of past hurts – payback
on top of payback.
Look at your life.
See the sorrows under
joys and the joys under sorrows.
Let go!  Stop the cycles
of hurt upon hurt. Look!
Listen. Learn. Unravel.

STOP signs sometimes work.

© Andy Costello, Reflections