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How to Tell Failure From Success

Posted on May 28, 2025 by mitchteemley

Failure is the first milestone on the road to success, and the second…and the third…and the fourth… The more ambitious the destination, the more milestones there’ll be. So keep going, because it only becomes the road to failure if you … Continue reading →

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All I Want for My Birthday…

Posted on May 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week …is to fly away to Neverland. Yes, it’s my birthday, but I’m far too clever to simply tell you that. So, what’s on my mind? Family? Always. Food? Always. But mostly I’m thinking about aging. Did … Continue reading →

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Falling Into My Pit of Pain

Posted on April 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

I have a high pain threshold. Hence, I barely notice small injuries. As I type this, I’m glancing down at a scab on my arm that’s bled several times. And yet I never even noticed the incident that caused it. … Continue reading →

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Everything That Matters Most in Life

Posted on April 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Everything that matters most in life is tied to death: forgiveness, resolving differences, healing wounded hearts. When death looms, we suddenly remember the only thing that matters is love.* If only death were always with us … Continue reading →

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Caterpillars Don’t Become Butterflies!

Posted on March 10, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Did you know that caterpillars are not “transformed” into butterflies? In metamorphosis (the name of the process), a caterpillar is liquefied. Only after its actual death can an entirely new creature, a butterfly, emerge! Most people’s … Continue reading →

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How to Overcome the Unexpected

Posted on February 20, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Expectations are premeditated resentments.” ~Unknown It was late autumn. Following my twice-yearly ritual, I’d ascended to the roof of our house, trusty electric blower in hand. Thereupon to blast the leaves and seedpods out of our rain gutters, and then clamber … Continue reading →

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42 Years Ago My Life Changed Forever

Posted on January 23, 2025 by mitchteemley

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~G. K. Chesterton Forty-two years ago this week, I met a woman who would change my life forever. Two years later, I asked her to marry me, and she said … Continue reading →

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It’s Time Once Again to Reflect

Posted on December 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

The end off the year is a time of reflection. But when we do, let us remember that, while the peaceful times are pleasant, they’re also static. It’s our trials that cause us to grow — if we allow them … Continue reading →

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The Invasion of Planet Earth Has Begun!

Posted on December 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

2,000 years ago our planet was invaded by a Being of inconceivable power. His spaceship: the womb of a Jewish teenager. His weapon: a form of love more powerful than all the atomic bombs, or lasers or phasers that will … Continue reading →

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35 Years Ago Television Evolved Into This

Posted on December 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

This very week in 1989, civilization took a giant slouch forward with the arrival of the most dysfunctional family ever. After two years as a featured short on The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons crawled out of Ullman’s fertile comedy … Continue reading →

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