December 1, 2021

 

DEPRESSED

 

It’s December…. For some

depression arrives with the cold.

Memories for some

can be like blankets to hide under.

Moods – can bring dumb and numb

feelings.

 

It’s December…. For some

hope and joy arrives with the season.

Memories for some

can be like choirs of angels to surround us.

Moods – like bells can bring sounds

and Christ feelings and his arrival.

 

It’s December…. For some

depression can be a choice

or an onslaught or it can be a moment

to get help – to experience a new why –

why Jesus comes in the first place –

perhaps to experience Christ for the first time.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

December   1,  2021 

Thought for the Day

 

“You can send a message around the world in one-fifth of a second, yet it may take years for it to get from the outside of a man’s head to the inside.” 

Charles F.  Kettering

 

 

 

 December 1, 2021

I have been in the hospital since December 2. 2021.

I get out of the hospital on December 6, 2021.

November 30, 2021

 

GRIEVANCE

 
How do we weigh the weight
of a grievance – a cut that is
a down deep hurt – raw - red -
one we can’t put on a scale?
 
How do we let go of one of
these down deep hurts – one
that just won’t heal – one that
we find a way to forgiveness.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

November       30,  2021

  

Thought for the Day

 

“Growing older is not upsetting;  being perceived as old is.”

 

Kenny Rogers

November 29, 2021    

         

              ANGER

 

Sometimes anger is made up
of razor blades and barbed wire.
 
Sometimes anger is made up
of tears, sadness and disappointment.
 
Sometimes anger is made up
of emptiness and not showing up.
 
Sometimes anger is made up
of too down deep silence – silence.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

November 29,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

 

“One does not make friends. One recognizes them.”

 

Garth Henrichs