June 18, 2019

Thought for today: 

“Even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” 

Aeschylus.  

Quoted by David Brooks 

in an New York Times, op. ed. article, 

“Harvard’s False Path to Wisdom,” 

page A. 21, Tuesday June 18, 2019

June 17, 2019

CAN   DO

Can can -

that ought to be our tune -

not can’t can’t!

For life ….

For all people ….

For the little people,

for the old people,

for all people….

To bring the best out

of each other ….

To clap for each other

To rejoice in what each

of us can do.

Surprise!   Can! Can!

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 17, 2019

Thought for today: 

“Moral formation is not like learning math. It’s more cumulative; it’s inverse.  In a sin-drenched world it’s precisely through the sin and ensuing repentance that moral formation happens.  That’s why we try not to judge people by what they did in their worst moment, but by how they respond to their worse moment.  That’s why we are forgiving of 15-year-olds, because they haven’t disgraced themselves enough to have earned maturity.”  

David Brooks, 

New York Times, 

June 18, 2019, 

“Harvard’s False Path to Wisdom,” 

A. 21, Tuesday, June 18, 2019

June 16,  2019

IN  THE  OTHER  CHAIR

If you could sit down

with one other person

on an afternoon porch

who would that person be?

Well, it all depends on what

we were going to talk about -

what the topic of conversation

was going to be - if I had a choice.

For happiness it would be _______.

For relationships it would be  ­­­­­­­____ .

For an ideal job it would be  _____ .

For religion it would be  _________.         

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 16, 2019

Thought for today: 

“Concealment makes the soul a swamp; confession is how you drain it.”  

Charles M.  Blow,

 in a New York Times, op. ed. piece, 

“It Got Better. That’s my testimony.” 

Page A. 19, June 17, 2019.

June 15, 2019

RINGS  AND  THINGS

Wow!  There are lots of rings and things.

Pins and pendants;

Postcards on refrigerators;

Held with magnets from Bermuda;

Flags and bumper stickers;

Death memorial cards;

Wedding favors;

10,000 photos on iPhones;

Ball point pens borrowed from hotels;

Souvenirs from 1,000 places.

Wow! There are lots of rings and things.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

June 15, 2019

Thought for today: 


“Because you cannot see God, God is everywhere.”  

Yasunari Kawabata, 

Quoted by Susan Cheever, 

Home before Dark,

Houghton Mifflin, 1984