Author: Andrew Teitelbaum

Forgiveness is a process. It doesn’t happen immediately, and the greater the perceived injustice, often the longer the process can take.  Forgiveness is also a choice, for no process can be initiated without the choice to engage.  I believe we are all hurt humans hurting humans, and as such, opportunities to ask for and offer … Continue reading Day 65 (Forgiveness)…

“…there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.  Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself, you will see it perhaps, often in this … Continue reading Day 64 (Pride)…

Marcus Aurelius’ meditations are a self-written reflection, a compilation of “books” recording his thoughts and principles on a number of topics regarding life in the second century A.D. It’s unlike most pieces of writing in that it was never meant to be published, or even read by another.  It was more an ongoing written reminder … Continue reading Day 63 (Not bad for an adopted dad)…

Faith… belief in the absence of proof.  Just as vulnerability is a necessary condition for courage, so too is doubt a necessary condition for faith, for without the first there would be no need for the second.   Faith is often comingled with trust, and while they are related, I find them quite distinct.  Trust … Continue reading Day 62 (Faith)…

Driving a car out of alignment is no fun.  It’s a constant wrestling match with the steering wheel, which creates all sorts of unnecessary expenditures of energy.  Being on the road with another car that is out of alignment is no fun either… you best give it a wide berth as its driver tries to … Continue reading Day 61 (Repent)…

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln As a coach I always proclaimed that losing doesn’t build character, it reveals it.  The truth is, so does winning.      History proclaims that Cincinnatus was a reluctant leader. Granted the powers of a dictator, … Continue reading Day 60 (Cincinnatus)…

For me, a beautiful day of sailing is as sweet as a bowl of cherries…  In 2003, I went to school to get my bareboat charter certificate.  The first morning of sailing, the instructor gave us our first and most important lesson.  Whoever is at the helm is the “captain”.  The “captain” has a big … Continue reading Day 59 (Bowl of cherries)…