March  12,  2020

TASTE AND SEE

Today, taste and see the goodness 
of the Lord, this day,  Lent to you.

Today,  Lord, this day of Lent,

I’m not going to give anything up.

Today, Lord, I’m going to spot the

morning light and the morning shadows.

Today, I’m going to try to notice and say

“Hi!” to 10 people I’ve gone by most days.

Today, Lord,  I’m doing to taste the salt

on the potato chips and the pretzels.

Today, I’m going to taste the catsup

and the mustard and the cold water.

Today, Lord, I’m going to see the rain or

the sun or whatever kind of day it will be.

Today, I’m going to see the smiles of the

old ladies in the supermarket detergent aisle.

And tonight, Lord, I promise to look into the

night sky and thank you for a beautiful day.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

March 12, 2020

Thought for Today

 “It’s one of the blessings of old friends that  you  can afford to be stupid with them.”  

Ralph Waldo Emerson

March   11,   2020

AT THE OCEAN’S EDGE

I’m now living here on the edge of the

Atlantic Ocean in Long Branch, N.J. –

Within earshot of 10,000 incoming waves.

Did you ever wonder what people are

wondering about when they too are

looking out to sea at the edge of the ocean?

Lately I’m thinking about what my mom was

thinking about as she stood there on the

other side of the Atlantic as a young woman.

Years after she died I finally got to see where

she came from in Ireland right on the edge of

the grey water Bay that led out into the Atlantic.

She wasn’t exaggerating – when she told

us,  “As a kid I could open up our back

door and stick my big toe in Galway Bay.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

March  11, 2020

Thought   for   Today 

“They got us surrounded again, the  poor  bastards.” 

General  Creighton  W.  Abrams

March 10, 2020

AN  ACT  OF  KINDNESS

Picture yourself doing an act

of kindness. Then you ask,

yourself, “I wonder where that

idea  to do that come from?”

Who’s to say someone in some

church or bus on the way to work,

didn’t say a prayer, “Lord, remind someone

to do something nice for someone today.”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020 

March 10, 2020

Thought for Today

 “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”

Dr. Mae Jemison,

first African-American

female astronaut

March  9,  2020

IN   THE  SHOWER 

OF   HIS   MERCY 

Next  time  you’re standing in the shower,

feel the water pouring down on your head
and sing this refrain, "And holy is his name ...."

Next time it’s raining, get out  into the rain

and let it  loudly pour down into your face

and sing this refrain, “And holy is his name ….”

Next time it's snowing, get out into the snow,

letting it fall on your face and on your tongue,

and sing this refrain, “And holy is his name ….”

Next time the reality of death hits you, 
picture yourself  walking into heaven while

singing  this refrain, “And holy is his name ....”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020