Tag Archives: wisdom

If I Could Just Fix Everyone

Posted on June 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler, and less trouble.” ~Mark Twain “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am … Continue reading →

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The Key to Lawn (and Self) Mowing

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week We’d bought our first house with a yard, and I was excited about mowing! I got over that quick. Still, if ya got grass, ya gotta mow, and that means: 1) You have to cut it … Continue reading →

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Love Is Irrational

Posted on May 31, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Don White of Walking the Path. I know little about Don except that I like him. I mean, a lot. Oh, and although age and experience don’t necessarily guarantee wisdom, they’ve most definitely produced … Continue reading →

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Start Here

Posted on April 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by cottonbro studios Thought for the Week I believe in the power of words to change people’s lives. Jesus’ words, more than anyone else’s, have changed the way I think, speak and live. For example, after referring to the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Judge – Encourage!

Posted on March 27, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.” ~Unknown (sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein) “Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people … Continue reading →

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There Are No Mature Fools

Posted on March 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “To avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are … Continue reading →

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Physician, Heal Thyself

Posted on February 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.” ~Ernest Hemingway “Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.” ~H. Jackson … Continue reading →

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You Have Not Passed This Way Before

Posted on January 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

When you come to a place you’ve never been before, for example a town you’ve never visited or, literally, every new stage of your life, and don’t know the way to go, the wisest choice is to follow someone who … Continue reading →

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Normal Life

Posted on January 18, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Don White of Walking the path. I know nothing about Don (his blog is still new) except that he writes with a great deal of wit and wisdom. Oh, yes, and this: that you … Continue reading →

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What About Saturday the 14th?

Posted on January 14, 2023 by mitchteemley

Saturday the 14th Half-Off Sale – All Evil Must Go! “We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.” ~Oscar Wilde “Evil is not something superhuman, it’s something less than human.” ~Agatha Christie “We all have … Continue reading →

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