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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

I remember reading the previous version of this piece. I love this again. Grandpa Tefft was a man of rare excellence, and you are so much like him Joel, just that you don't know it yet. 🌼💜

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Joel Tefft's avatar

Wow... Thank you so much Swarna. Your kind words mean so much to me. I suppose it is hard to see ourselves as others see us. We may even blindly miss that we are closer to what we aim for than we realize. I think many of us have a mindset that prevents us from seeing ourselves, because we are painfully aware of our deficiencies. They loom much larger in our minds than anything else.

You're such an encouraging person! Thank you for reading (again 🙂).

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Swarnali Mukherjee's avatar

Yes dear friend, sometimes seeing ourselves beyond self criticism helps us to realise that we also might be heroes to so many people, just that we are unaware of it. Always love reading your musings Joel. Thank you for sharing again 💜

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Don Akchin's avatar

He sounds like a good man who made a difference for lots of people. A lovely tribute.

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Joel Tefft's avatar

Thank you, Don!

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