My anxiety level has just been too high lately, and I am trying to do something about it. In my studies of religions I have not put much effort into Buddhism but I know it started somewhere around 600 years before its Muslim and Christian counterparts. When I came across the quote above I realized it might help in this area. Continue reading On The Present Moment
Recently I have done quite a heavy search trying to discover the essence of simplicity. After all that time I have come to the conclusion that there is no secret way to simplicity. It is up to you to decide your personal path forward. Continue reading Simplicity Is Not Simple At All
Are you still living a version of your life that was assembled by others, or have you designed the life YOU want to live? Continue reading Owning Yourself…
I’ve been searching for the correct words to describe the stages of life for a very long time. I think I now have them, Continue reading Stages of Life…
Will made the above quote almost a hundred years ago, but I kinda think it’s more appropriate today than it was back then. Continue reading Get Rid Of Both Parties
Life is simply NOT a straight and narrow path. As Thoreau said here it is jagged patchwork of all emotions. That is what makes life so interesting for those of us who look over the sides of the boxes people try to put us in. Continue reading There Is No “Straight & Narrow”
I have learned a lot about myself since I entered my second LOMO (Life On My Own) mode five years ago. This second time started with my wife’s death 1,750 days ago. Continue reading What Keeps This 80-Year-Old Guy Cognitively Sharp
Sometimes it takes an almost panic mode to get you to change what your life focus is about. When your life is chaotic, that is certainly one of those times. Continue reading When Reality Hits You In The Face
Its been 5 years since I moved into my RetCom home and therefore given up my woodworking hobby. I almost chose a different RetCom because it had a very well equipped woodworking room. I wonder what I would have built … Continue reading MME106 – Really Miss My Woodworking Shop..
During my travels across America, I have taken many pictures with stoplight in them. They are becoming a sub-topic of the “My Minds Eye” library. This one was from Cleveland in 2013. Continue reading Stoplights Revisited
Before you go off on me about using AI, I want to briefly change the subject and tell you a story about why I sometimes use this new tool that the corporations are spending big bucks on. Continue reading Yes I Use AI… And Here’s Why
During my almost 60 years of traveling across America, some of my favorite places to visit were reenactments. The picture here was from one of those times. For years after I went deaf I could still remember the sounds a flute made. Continue reading The Sound of a Flute
I have written about my three foundations of my life more times than I remember here on RJsCorner. But it always seems that as I age they bring yet another unique viewpoint to my life. Continue reading Think for yourself – Revisited
Too many people are constantly on the search for the “Perfect Life”. They seem to think that “if I just get [this] or [that] everything will be perfect”. Of course, I kinda see it differently. Continue reading A Perfect Life??
A biography of Einstein was the first “big boy” book I read. I was nine-years-old at the time but the story of Einstein clung to me in the decades since. In fact, at such an early age I was convinced … Continue reading I Have Done My Share
Curiosity, for Einstein, was a method. He would sit with a question for a very long time. His thought experiments were intense Continue reading Curiosity killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
I came across this sign in Wallace Idaho on June 6, 2009. I’m pretty sure it was made in jest. Wallace is a pretty place but the center of the universe?
But then again the Christian Church in 1633 put Galileo on trial for heresy… Continue reading Center of the Universe
I know it depends on your age but to me they brought to mind a popuar song by Kenny Rogers in 1978 entitled “The Gambler”. Who knew the words came from Voltaire in the early 1700s. Continue reading The Cards Life Deals You…
For some reason I am becoming more of a perfectionist as the days now pass. It seems that most things must be done three times before they are “right”. I’m not sure when this started. Continue reading Becoming A Perfectionist
Everyone has a spiritual side whether they admit it or not. There are just some parts to our world and life experiences that can’t be explained mathematically or by rationalization. How do we handle those things? Continue reading Everybody Has a Spiritual Side
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