October 16, 2020
Thought
for Today
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is, “Try to please everybody.”
Herbert Swope
Sunday, October 18, 2020
October 15, 2020
BECAUSE?
“They are talking about him behind his back.
But nobody is taking to him. Why not?
Why won’t they come right out and tell him?”
“Because?”
“Well, because you
just can’t go right up to
a person and say, ‘You can’t do what you’re
doing. You can’t be the way you are?’”
“Because?”
“Well, because – you know – you just can’t
be that way. Besides, what would it be it be like
if everyone did whatever they wanted to do?”
But nobody is taking to him. Why not?
Why won’t they come right out and tell him?”
a person and say, ‘You can’t do what you’re
doing. You can’t be the way you are?’”
be that way. Besides, what would it be it be like
if everyone did whatever they wanted to do?”
“Because?”
“Well, I don’t know. It just causes stress.
It makes things queasy and uneasy. It allows
agita to be sitting in every seat in the room.”
“Because?”
”Because!” “Because!” “Because!”
You keep saying, “Because. Because!
Why do you keep doing that?”
“Because …."
It makes things queasy and uneasy. It allows
agita to be sitting in every seat in the room.”
You keep saying, “Because. Because!
Why do you keep doing that?”
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
October 14, 2020
LONELINESS
of buses – or in school yards when
someone makes fun of us for acne
or being fat. It has friends – but
they are not people but feelings –
feelings of jealousy – or dismissal –
or nobody is really listening to us.
Loneliness – the cure is eye and
ear contact with another – who is
on the same dark bus with us
as we travel through the night.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
October 13, 2020
MISTAKES
The mistake is not to accept - there are mistakes.
The mistake is not to learn from mistakes.
The mistake is not to grow in understanding.
The mistake is not to become patient with each other.
The mistake is not to realize trees are crooked.
The mistake is to accept that sidewalks crack.
The mistake is to know that cars get dents.
The mistake is to learn to laugh at oneself.
The mistake is to not accept leakage and crooked legs and arthritic hands.
The mistake is to forget to say, “Sorry. Next time I’ll try to give you a better me and mean it."
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020
October 12, 2020
NOW THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION
Question: “How do I know when I’m praying?”
It’s when there is only one present –
and it’s both God and you. What?
that question. It's when your two
hands are one and you don't know
which hand is which: right or left?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2020
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