December 2, 2021

 

 

THERE  IN  A TOY BOX

 
There is a toy box
with wooden blocks
of letters – dozens
and dozens of them.
 
At first, I put together
a few words: house,
tree, meow, help,
God, whisper, hello.
 
Should I go on?
Perhaps a poem
will appear or a
story or an adventure.
 
Who knows what’s
just sitting there 
resting or sleeping
in the toy box of my mind.

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

December   3,  2021

 

Thought for the Day

 

“It is possible that blonds also prefer gentlemen.”

Mamie Van Doren

 December 2,  2021

Thought for the Day

 

“Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.”

Dostoevsky

 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