I’m on location shooting a film this week, so my posts will be short but (hopefully) sweet.
Thought for the Week
If we are wise (and if we are not, no advice will help us) we will learn not to live in the past, but to take lessons from it, and then doggedly return and apply those lessons in the present.
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“Even a spineless anthropod sheds what’s no longer useful and leaves it behind them. Are you not greater than they?” ~Jason Versey
“Take care not to welcome today the terrors that will make yesterday’s demons look like angels.” ~Joyce Rachelle
“There’s no going back to erase the past… But if you look closer, you notice the ink never really dries on experiences. They can change their meaning the longer you look at them.” ~John Koenig
“Without experiencing pain from disconcerting periods of our lives, we would be a different person, perhaps a lesser person.” ~Kilroy J. Oldster
“Looking at the past to lament it is useless. Looking at the past to be proud of results is dangerous. Looking at the past to learn from it is wise.” ~Cardinal Văn Thuận
“The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence, a place of learning, not of living.” ~Roy T. Bennett
Mitch Teemley 
Words of wisdom !
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Thank you for sharing the motivation, and best wishes for the week, and the work. xx Michael
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Thanks, Michael, you too.
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Perfect advice and reminder to us all. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your shoot 😊
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Thanks, Natalie.
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Reblogged this on DEEZ – NOW: —-> BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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All generations are connected by the choices of the previous generation. – Lee Warren, Higher Grounds: When God Steps into the Here and Now. (Been thinking about this one, so made a meme of it for social media.)
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it’s all about now – perfect
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Timely and wise advice once again… as usual. Blessings to you on your shoot. What is the name of rhis project, if I may ask?
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The Pope Drops In – I’m doing a small role at the request of a friend.
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I love a wise quote and these are all excellent reminders 🙂
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Sage advice, Mitch. Enjoy the filming. Thanks.
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Although the words were few they were powerful thanks for the post
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Koenig and Oldster are going in my journal. Thanks, Mitch!
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You are allowed to go out shooting film now?
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Assuming you mean because of Covid, yes, filmmaking has resumed.
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That is good! We are still in lock down!☹️
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Sorry to hear that, Serena. Are you in Malaysia?
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RIGHT ON!
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I thank you today especially for sharing the various quotes. They all give some unique view to the main message. I believe a few valid reason for taking a look at the past are to recognize where we made mistakes or hurt someone, then make amends for our wrongs, and to teach us how to make changes, which is the foundation of repentance.
However, when we take a look at the past, that’s ALL it should be. I tried having a stare-down with my past. Tried over and over. The past always wins. Blessings to you, Mitch.
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Another thought. (Sorry, some topics just naturally challenge my thinking.) Even God cannot change our past. But He WILL redeem it.
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Yes!
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Mitch,
Like Pumba said, “You have your behind in the past.”
Thanks,
Gary
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;>)
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