September  2, 2021

COMPARISONS

 
She knew she wasn’t supposed
to compare. Why not? Many reasons.
You really never know the other. 

You don’t. But she looked around 

wanting to compare herself to all 

the other blades of grass on the
great big green lawn next to the
house. Height? No. Width? No. 

Lawn mowers are the great equalizers.

They take care of that kind of comparison.  

Green? Shades of green. Comparisons.
There it was. That was it. My green
is a better green than your green.
Do we all need something to make
ourselves look better than the next guy?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

 

September   2,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”

 

Winston Churchill

September 1, 2021

 

GROUNDLESS 

I realize I need to be like a wrestler,
who throws his opponent to the mat.
That’s kind of harsh talking  – but
sometimes when the other seems
to just be babbling – blurting out non-
thought out thoughts – it’s then I need
to break another’s soap bubbles – with
hopes it's then they might understand.
 
I use questions - hooks that could
cause pauses in the other. Maybe
that will tell them I’m interested
in what they might be trying to say.
How else can I get to the ground
of their being – to the experiences
they might not have dug into - in
the experiences of their lifetime.

 © Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

September   1,  2021

 

 Thought for the Day

 

“The ecstasy of religion, the ecstasy of art and the ecstasy of love are the only things worth thinking about and experiencing.”

 

Don Marquis,

The Almost Perfect State

 August 31,  2021

 

SECRETS

 
We all have our secrets -
kept inside a handkerchief –
in the back of a bottom drawer –
underneath a pair of sweatpants.
There might be 55 other things
in our bedroom – but our secrets
are present and noisy – like the scream
of an alarm clock and we don’t like
their sound - especially when they
go off at the wrong, wrong time.

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021

August 31,  2021

Thought for the Day

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.”

 

Roy T. Bennett, 

The Light in the Heart

 August 30, 2021

THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE 

 

Imagine an artist

saying to herself or himself,

“Something’s missing in this painting.”

And they look around the room

for something – anything - and they

say, “It’s missing a pearl!” or “A sword”

or “A book” or “A large platter of pasta.”

 

And they paint into that painting

a platter of pasta or a dog collar or a pearl

of great price and that painting –

once worth about 30 dollars is now

worth millions of euros – hanging

on a wall in a museum in the Hague –

for all to see and praise and admire. 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021