Share the Reason for Your Hope

Posted on July 26, 2026 by mitchteemley
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Share the Reason for Your Hope

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.”

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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27 Responses to Share the Reason for Your Hope

  1. dkzody says:
    July 26, 2026 at 10:13 am

    These past 2 years of what I call medical miracles, has given us a hope for the future, not just our own, but for the future of our generations. Medical breakthroughs are indeed a reason for hope. I tell people, almost on a daily basis, that this has all been God’s doing because we have literally had nothing to do with it except show up and be willing.

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  2. pcviii03 says:
    July 26, 2026 at 10:24 am

    With fervor and devotion!

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  3. Ernie 'Dawg' says:
    July 26, 2026 at 10:32 am

    Spreading hope and peace should be our first commitment each day, great post Mitch. 🙏👍✌️

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  4. Andrew McDowell says:
    July 26, 2026 at 11:16 am

    Thank you, Mitch.

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  5. Rita Sommers-Flanagan says:
    July 26, 2026 at 11:21 am

    Hi Mitch. My hope reveals itself throughout each week, as you know. Sometimes, the Anchor seems heavy. Other times, gentle and light. https://godcomesby.com/2026/07/26/systems-charge/

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  6. Wynne Leon says:
    July 26, 2026 at 11:24 am

    Beautiful, Mitch!

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  7. Victoria says:
    July 26, 2026 at 11:29 am

    Such a beautiful quote from Goethe…see the possibility and potential. Be the first, if necessary, to believe in the potential of another. What a way to make a difference in the world. Thank you, Mitch. 💝

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  8. mothjournal14 says:
    July 26, 2026 at 12:19 pm

    One of my favorite scripture verse.

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  9. Under the mask.. says:
    July 26, 2026 at 1:08 pm

    I love both of those quotes!

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  10. Tim Harlow says:
    July 26, 2026 at 1:21 pm

    Thank you Mitch! The world needs more people like you!

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  11. Ab says:
    July 26, 2026 at 2:58 pm

    I needed to hear this message today as a parent! 🥰

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  12. peterspetra says:
    July 26, 2026 at 3:54 pm

    “You are okay” is what I try to feel, when being with others, friends, family or strangers.

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  13. luca zani says:
    July 26, 2026 at 6:17 pm

    This was a really fun read! Great work. I’d love for you to check out my latest work at lucazani.blog, if you’re interested! Always looking to get some feedback!

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  14. Nancy Homlitas says:
    July 26, 2026 at 8:54 pm

    Thank you, Mitch, for sharing two powerfully enlightening quotes for readers to reflect on. 🙂

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  15. Julian Summerhayes says:
    July 27, 2026 at 4:12 am

    Thanks for sharing Mitch.

    It reminds of Hebrews 10:23 —

    23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

    Take care, Julian

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  16. boromax says:
    July 27, 2026 at 2:28 pm

    Oh, my. How easy it is to ‘see’ others through our own faulty filters. We miss not only who they are, but especially, as Goethe intimates, we miss what they could be or what they are destined to be or how our Father sees them. Even the phrase ‘what they ought to be’ is somewhat (potentially) fraught with spiky judgements of what our limited perspectives imagine to be the ‘ought.’

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  17. Publicist says:
    July 30, 2026 at 7:17 am

    This is a good quote. I need to do this more often. It’s hard for me to treat people as if they already are what I want them to be or what they can be capable of being if there’s no evidence of hope or possibility seen. I’ll work on this though. Thanks for the reminder, my friend.

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