After initially thinking about this statement, I found it kinda depressing as if I concentrate of failure, but not success. It took a while to put these words in the proper context. Continue reading I Think A Lot About My Mistakes…
“Highly intelligent people spend a lot of time overthinking. ” Continue reading Overthinking… My Way Of Life
What made me choose a RetCom over just staying at the homestead? That is what this post is all about. Continue reading RCL-2: What Made Me Choose a RetCom?
Living in the moment is something that has always been hard for me to do. For one thing I overthink everything, for another is that for the most part my “present moment’ is usually pretty boring. 95% of my last … Continue reading Don’t Dwell In The Past
I recently read an article that likely explains a final piece of the puzzle as to why I am the person I am. That is because of a lifetime lack of support. Continue reading A Final Piece Of My Discovery Of Self
They might not have read a newspaper, but they have absolutely read everything in their social media account, and believe every word of it. Talk about ignorance. Continue reading About Ignorance
My life has probably been more interesting than most. It mainly has been about the adversities I have constantly struggled with. Looking back I primarily see the ironies instead of the adversities. In the past 18 years I have told … Continue reading Life Is Bizarre
This is going to be a very convoluted story so hang on to something. I realize that I put out a post in my RetCom Life series about this same subject, but I want to fill out those thought a little more here this time around. Continue reading The “Eternal” Me – Round 2
Whenever I look in the mirror or get up out of a chair, I don’t see the white hair or hear the groans, instead I see my virtual 42 year old self. Continue reading RCL-1: I Don’t Belong Here
I was originally going to use RetCom Life (on the margins) to give you a month by month stories about my five years of living in a retirement community. But, the more I thought about it the more I wanted to just do it freestyle. Continue reading My Last Prologue, I Promise…
There is so much all of us can learn from Albert Einstein. This is maybe one of the most important ones. Continue reading Explain It To A Six-Year-Old
Philosophy and Reasoning have been high on my list for further study for a couple of years now. Before that it lingered in the back of my mind, but rarely came to the surface. I think these two items are near the top of my list now because of several factors. Continue reading About Philosophy and Reasoning
I have decided to dedicate the weekends going forward to creating artsy objects. I have compiled quite a collection of digital apps that assist me in that process. So, I will be taking some of the photos in my massive portfolio and, using the tools I now have at hand, I will create “My Mind’s Eye” images. Continue reading Weekend Artsy
The primary focus of RetComLife will about the struggles, joys, and everything in between I have experienced in finding and living in a retirement community for the last 5 years. Continue reading RetComLife : What’s It All About.
Welcome to the first post of this reformatted category of “Words Of Wisdom” (WOW). Continue reading Welcome to “Words Of Wisdom”
This is the third and final post of getting ready for a new project here at RJsCorner entitled “RetCom Life on the Margins” This post is a continuation of yesterday’s which was about my struggles in life. This one is about the Joys. Continue reading A Tale Of Two Realities -Part 3 … The Joys
Given where I am now headed with RJsCorner, I think it’s necessary to try to summarize the myriad of struggles I have had in my life into one post. This is in light of Monday’s posts about a special project coming next week. Continue reading A Tale Of Two Realities – Part 2 …Life’s Struggles
Just about everyone recognizes the words above. They might not have read the book, but these words they know. I titled this post “A Tale Of Two Realities” as Dickens’s words above remind me that I have two distinct parts of my personal life. Continue reading A Tale Of Two Realities – Part 1
Next month I will have been in my RetCom (retirement community) for five years. It is such a dramatic difference from my homestead of 21 years that I left behind when I came here. The homestead was a 2.5 acre … Continue reading Swirling Clouds In Blueish Haze…
The words above have been my mantra of life for decades. Everyday I think about those three things, and make sure I am living up to them. I have lived with those words so long that I sometimes kinda naively think that most others do too. But, sometimes I get a figurative punch in the face to tell me otherwise. With this post I will try to explain that. Continue reading Not Everyone Is Smart
My 80th birthday is coming soon. It is one that even in my wildest dream I never imagined would happen. When I was in my teens I thought I would die before I turned 40. Continue reading Old Age And Your End Times
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 