Now before you start giving me “Financial Planner” speak I want you to listen to what I have to say.
Read moreAuthor: RJ Walters
I am a guy who has a lot of interests. One of the biggest is blogging about my view of the world and the times we live in. I live a joyous life of a nuanced skeptic. I also happen to be deaf and have some rather distinctive Aspie traits. Because of my life experiences I have a pretty unique view of the world that you may find interesting, maybe even enlightening.
I Gotta Learn How To Be A Duck
Going forward, that’s how I am determined to stay up with this important political season. Just let the political ugliness run off my back and not even notice it. I know all the attacks from #CO3 (current Oval Office occupant) are not directed towards me but I tend to take everything personally that I read from that despicable person.
Some say that those with Aspie traits lack empathy, but I really believe it is quite the opposite. We tend to personalize everything, so what affects others tends to affect us too. I gotta get over that feeling if I am to continue exposing myself to the ugliness of today’s politics.
I’m still in the deciding mode as I have backed off the Warren pick until I learn more about her “tax the rich” and other schemes. She seems to believe she can do everything she wants as long as there are enough rich people to pay up.
I need to pay closer attention to the others in the pack before it is time for my vote in the primaries. But then again, my State doesn’t vote until May so it will likely be decided before then anyway.
Like water off a duck’s back…
Getting Serious About Flickr… Again
I have been searching for a few days now for the perfect site to display some of my best photographs. After all those hours I have decided to get serious with Flickr… Again. That is what this post is all about.
Read moreThen vs. Now… The Good Old Days
This post will introduce yet another series for the coming weeks and months. I am determined to push today’s politics to the back burner at RJsCorner and this new series will help accomplish that. Setting that up is what this post is all about.
Read more… Doomed To Repeat It
If we don’t know where we have been then it is likely that we will continue to make the same mistakes over and over again. That is what this post is all about.
Read moreNot Less, But Better…
This post is going to be about trying to dispel the feeling that some have that I am anti-religious. We don’t need less religion, just better versions.
Read morePennsylvania State Museum
I thought for this Saturday I would give you a painting I found at the Pennsylvania State Museum a few years ago. Anyone who has been in the eastern part of that State knows it is “Amish Country” and this folksy painting depicts it perfectly.
Peace, Purpose…
This post is going to be about some of the lessons I have learned about having challenges in my life. Some revelations come from my readers and some were revealed by other methods. The picture above almost entails everything that is needed to appreciate this post.
Read moreThings To Be Thankful For…
First, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. My wife and I are, as usual lately, spending Thanksgiving alone but I know many of you are heading out to a large family dinner. I hope you get through it without any every dividing political discussions. 😏
Even though we don’t officially celebrate this holiday doesn’t mean that I am not thankful for what the Lord has given me. Here is my list.
- I am thankful for my wife of almost 34 years. She has supported me in ways I couldn’t have imagined.
- I am thankful that I am in good health, at least for a septuagenarian. I just had my three-year echo stress test last week and passed it with flying colors.
- I am thankful for all my followers here at RJsCorner. You, taking the time to be part of my life to see what I have to say means much to me.
- I am thankful for getting three-fourths of the way through #CO3’s term without a national tragedy. I pray that we make it the rest of the way whether it is a couple of months or, dreadfully, a full year.
- In the past I spent ten years celebrating Thanksgiving by preparing the annual meal at a local soup kitchen. I miss all of my friends there but am very thankful for having them in my life.
- I am thankful for all my uRV trips of 2019 and am prayerfully hoping I have at least one more year of being able to travel on my own.
- As I do every day, I am thankful for the good day the Lord gave me yesterday and ask him to give me another one today.
Happy Thanksgiving
Aspies & Empathy
It’s time that I put out another post about Asperger’s Syndrome and why I say I have Aspie traits. It is often said that Aspies don’t have empathy. With this post, I want to try to convince you that is not true using some things I have learned and with some personal examples. That is what this post is about.
Read moreSaving The World Is Hard – Global Warming
In the coming years global warming will eventually be the number one issue for all of us (except maybe for the MAGA/Evangelical folks). I just hope that it rises to that status before it is too late to really do anything about it. We didn’t get into this mess because of one particular thing, and we won’t get out of it with just one thing. This post is about some things each of us can do to make sure global warming is addressed before it is too late.
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Are We Praying To A Narcissist God?
With this post I am going to bring back my Sunday talks about spirituality and my enlightened view of things religious. This post is about praying to God.
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Looking For Your Soul Mate
This post is about the journey of finding that person who makes you feel whole. The person who you want to spend your life with. What I say just might surprise you, especially coming from a seventy-three-year-old.
Read moreWhen Fear Is Your Religion
This post is based on 14 fears that dominate many in the MAGA version of the GOP. These fears were mostly gathered from a post by John Pavlovitz over at StuffThatNeedsToBeSaid. It is about how fear can totally paralyze a person’s worldview. There are many reasons to be fearful in this world today and these folks seem determined to find all of them even if they are myth. That is what this post is about.
Read moreA Hidden Gem…
I was pleasantly surprised to come across a hidden gem during one of my uRV trips this summer. I have been through Dayton Ohio several times before but never really looked for a place to visit besides the Dayton Air Museum. What I found was the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Site.
Read moreMorally Impeachable
This is a snapshot of a post by John Pavlovitz over at StuffThatNeedToBeSaid. (click to see the entire post)
As usual, I couldn’t agree more…
Kill The College!
I am a social progressive living in a very RED State so my votes for president seldom count! I am tired of having them stripped away because of the Electoral College. The sooner we can get rid of this antiquate way of electing a president the better.
She Scares Me…
I thought I was sure that Elizabeth Warren was going to be my pick for the Democratic Nomination but now I am having second thoughts. That is what this post is all about.
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