November  13, 2021

REVENGE

 
Have you ever thought about
how many things are done out
of revenge – out of pay back?
 
Maybe down deep that’s what
is really going on in street crime
or family or marriage fights.
 
Maybe that’s what we’ve been
doing ever since we were little
kids and we couldn’t get our way.
 
We never learned that we’re not the
only one at the table – in the game -
or in our family. Me's only come as one.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

November  13,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“The wild hound. Fear, black ravenous and gaunt.”

 

Lascelles Abercombie,

Collected Poems,

Marriage Shy, 1930

 November 12,  2021

Reflection

 November  12,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“Fear born of ignorance is worse than fear born of knowledge.”

 

Doctor Charles  Hill,

address to Hunterian

Society, Quaker News

Review 2, Dec. 1948

 November 11,  2021

Reflection

November   11,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“I always like to associate with a lot of priests because it makes me understand anti-clerical things so well.”

 

Hilaire Belloc,

letter to E.S. F. Hayes,

Nov. 9, 1909

 November  10,  2021

HIT BOTH THESE BABIES!

 

ANY CHANCE YOU COULD

GIVE US A SPEECH? 

 

If anyone ever asks you,
“Any chance you could
give us a speech?” say, “Yes!”
 
You’ll learn a lot!
You’ll get a lot.
You’ll get the most.
 
First, get the topic.
Next, think of the audience.
Third,  walk and then jot down headlines.
 
Pick a title.
Pick from your jottings, the best stuff.
Give your talk a few times in private.
 
Then rock and roll.
Then shoot for the moon.
Then shine like a Blue Moon. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021