June  12,  2020

PICTURES   ALL  

AROUND  THE  ROOM 

Pictures on the walls, on the shelves,

and on the little tables –  all around the room ….

Each Thanksgiving, each time they came

back home, he silently noticed he still didn’t

make the hall of fame. Being the fifth of six

didn’t help – plus being a bit clumsy and

awkward – so bottom line, no pictures.

It became a family joke sort of – in his

family – and his kids made sure they had
plenty of pictures of dad in their house.

Now every story has a happy ending ….

Right?  His second son was a high school

English teacher and had a son and he

dropped a note to his dad. “You made

it sort of.  I was back east and my son’s

picture is on grandmother’s refrigerator.

I now have a new understanding of  a

line in Shakespeare’s Second Sonnet:

'This  fair  child of mine shall sum my

count and make [up for your] old excuses.'”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

June  12,   2020

Thought  for  Today 

“Most  ball  games are lost,  not won.”  

Casey Stengel

June   11, 2020

TRUTH

When truth is not thought out, 

when truth is not seen with its 

consequences, when truth is 

seen as  tissue thin, when truth 

is rose petal soft, when truth is 

made of broken branches – then 

it can be further snapped, further 

unsapped, then it becomes even 

more disconnected with  what is 

necessary for life together –

for commerce and  communication -

then that person doesn’t care if

he or she lies or steals or doesn’t

keep commitments – or their word,

but if truth is  made of metal –

steel or titanium – hammered out –

forged fired – then you’re dealing

with someone you can down deep trust.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

June   11,  2020

Thought  for  Today 

“As  long as one keeps searching, the answers come.”

Joan  Baez

 

June   10,   2020

WATERMELONS

The elevator is coming down ….

The train is heading towards this stop ….

I know what is going to happen next.

I’ve stood here in this moment before.

But  what would happen if the inside

of the watermelon wasn’t always red?

What would happen if the elevator

had inside a hippo and a giraffe?

Wouldn’t marriages and friendships

be that much more lasting if we didn’t

know what’s next – like watermelons

being blue inside – surprise! Surprise!

©  Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

June   10,   2020  

Thought   for  Today  

“You just have to learn not to care about the dust mites under the bed.”   

Margaret Mead

June   9,   2020

Thought   for  Today 

“Virtues are formed  by  prayer. 

Prayer preserves temperance.  

Prayer suppresses anger. 

Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. 

Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit,  

and raises us to Heaven.” 

St. Ephrem of Syria