October 27, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 

“Religion: A process of turning your skull into a tabernacle, not of going up to Jerusalem once a year.”

 

Austin O’Malley

 October  26,  2020

COMPARISON

 

Comparison is a tricky gift.

Be careful with it – because

it’s been used by Pharisees

and Publicans in both temple

and market place. And Jesus ….

 

Jesus used comparisons.

 

Warning: there is something

in us that causes us to compare

ourselves to others – as a way

to avoid being the wheat field

and vineyard we are called to be.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 October 26, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 “Sixty years ago I knew everything;  now I know nothing;  education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

 

Will Durant

October 25, 2020

 

REMAINS

 

The tiniest crumb on the table ….
You were here ….

 
Some warmth in the chair ….
You just left ….
 
A scar on my memory ….
You said something that really hurt ….
 
A call on the answering machine ….
You tried to reach me ….
 
A postcard on the refrigerator door ….
You were thinking of me in Barcelona ….
 
The light on the side of the house was lit ….
You left a signal in the night for my return ….
 
Your ashes remain in a mahogany box ….
You died 8 months ago today ….

 

 

© Andy Costello,  Reflections 2020

 October 25, 2020

 

Thought for Today

“Reformer: Someone who rides through a sewer in a glass bottomed boat.”  

James J. Walker

 

 

 

 

 October 24,  2020

BOWLING  BALL

 

It ended up on the bottom rack –
unused for 7 months now – 7 months.
It loved the game. It loved the whack
of smacking into pins – to send them
flying – to laugh – to roll – to play 10
hours some days – afternoon into the night –
but for some reason all seemed to stop.
Nobody told it about the Corona virus.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 October 24, 2020

 

Thought for Today

“Reformer: One who insists on his conscience being your guide.”

Someone