In this collection of 25 compelling and sometimes humorous lessons on life first published in The Pacific Island Times, Theodore Lewis tells the story of a fascinating journey that starts as a teenager growing up in "Pure Michigan" where he learns that education is life (THE COLORED PRINT SHIRT) and has the good fortune to experience firsthand the principle of respect from Mickey Mantle and Denny McLain (HIGH AND TIGHT WITH MEDIOCRE CHEESE).

A successful and distinguished healthcare career starts at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, where he learned that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING.

Providence initiates his ten year tenure of CEO at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Maine WHEN A MANILA HEART SURGEON SAVES A MAINE HOSPITAL.

Lewis' experience in handling threatening obstacles is demonstrated in the miraculous story WHEN A MUSTARD SEED MOVED A MOUNTAIN.

VENGEANCE IS MINE tells the story of how a principled CEO working to clean up and improve a troubled Guam Memorial Hospital, is slandered and crushed as a result of a threatened bureaucracy determined to snuff out a leader of integrity.

Learning THE VIRTUE OF FORGIVENESS gives Lewis the strength and impetus he needs to go from CEO in Guam to Uber Driver in Maine where he learns the lesson that EVERYBODY IS A SOMEBODY.

This accomplished executive, consultant, speaker, and columnist with The Pacific Island Times uses the experience of a pandemic for a REFLECTION ON TIME LEFT and helps us all dream of a future in A NEW PROMISED LAND.

Table of Contents
Introduction p3
Acknowledgements p4
Table of Contents p6
PART I: PURE MICHIGAN DAYS p7
The colored print shirt where education was life p8
The Freudian Gilt p13
High and tight with mediocre cheese p17
An angel in Bucharest p21
PART II: HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES p25
The Super Bowl of all Super Bowls p26
Impossible is nothing p31
Falling from grace aboard the QE2 p36
An unforgettable adventure p40
Hong Kong heart attack p44
Almost famous p48
A smile can change the world p52
The art of extinguishing bridge fires p56
How a Manila heart surgeon helped save Maine Hospital p59
When a mustard seed moved a mountain p64
Legendary physicians p68
Vengeance is mine? p71
The virtue of forgiveness p74
PART III: FROM CEO TO UBER DRIVER p77
Lessons for everyday life: It always pays to plan p78
Diversity is a great thing p82
Opportunities lost and regained p85
Everybody is a somebody p88
Sometimes it can be scary p92
PART IV: THE PANDEMIC: DEATH & BEYOND p95
Death takes a life - but not a friend p96
Reflection on time left p100
A new promised land p104
About the Author p108