Tag Archives: honesty

Why You Need to Own Your Errors

Posted on November 10, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Admit your mistakes,” is hardly the motto of our current culture. If anything, it’s the opposite. Being exposed for having ever been anything other than what one claims to be can mark the end of a … Continue reading →

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Get Real, Especially With Yourself

Posted on April 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “She couldn’t tolerate lying from anyone, except when absolutely necessary, herself.” ~The Wishing Map “The truth about lies is that first, it’s to fool others, and later it’s to fool yourself.” ~Mystqx Skye “You can fool … Continue reading →

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The Storm Within

Posted on October 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Itartedesign “Love, real love, is the only cure for self-deception.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Facing Yourself

Posted on September 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Ana Eiras Dominguez “You must defeat the enemy within before you can even recognize, much less defeat, the enemy without.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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“They” Are Us

Posted on July 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week We love to see the privileged taken down. That’s our way with idols: first we worship them, then we grind them down to make new gods. Does anyone have a get-out-of-scandal-free card? Yes, the poor and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Grow Wise and Surprise Everyone

Posted on November 22, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “The older we get, the faster we were” (printed on t-shirts at a college runners’ reunion). We can’t buy wisdom, we can’t inherit it, and we certainly can’t download it. Yes, it’s based on experience, yet … Continue reading →

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A Religion of One

Posted on April 21, 2021 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Jewish Young Professional, whose pithy poetry and often witty prose never fail to engage me. She is honest and down-to-earth, even confessional–which is all-too-rare a quality in our world today. Read on and you’ll … Continue reading →

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Own Your Errors

Posted on October 26, 2020 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Admit your mistakes,” is hardly the motto of our current culture. If anything, it’s the opposite. Being exposed for having ever been anything other than what one claims to be can mark the end of a … Continue reading →

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Lights, Camera, Action

Posted on July 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Matthew Winters of Honest Thoughts from a Pastor. Matthew is a warts-and-all guy. He’s still young but, true to his blog’s title, he honestly addresses his own failings and spiritual restoration. Here and elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Block Out the Noise

Posted on March 7, 2019 by mitchteemley

The traditional season of Lent has begun, a time of quietness, contemplation and repentance. In other words: truthfulness with oneself. How rare a thing that is in this “modern civilization” of ours. It’s also traditional to give up something for … Continue reading →

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