I am always on the lookout for advice on dealing with my final years. I found an article that has helped me in that regard so I thought I would give you a few snippets from it. Continue reading Staying Emotionally Strong In Your Later Years
Many are panicked about what the future holds for them. They see robots taking over the world and humans relegated to the trash heap of time. This post is to try to do a little bit to assure you that is not the case. My new blog over at RJsDigitalDoodles.net is all about creativity. I truly believe that we are on the crux of a … Continue reading The 2nd Enlightenment
There are those around today who disapprove of using the tools of the 21st century to create what their mind’s eye sees. They think everything was better in the “good old days”. Continue reading We Should Shun Cameras
The marketing folks have once again to convinced many of us that our carpet contains germs, dirt and other such unhealthy things. So, we must all immediately strip out all our carpet and replace it with fake wood floors. Continue reading Strip Out The Carpet …
I am taking the coming week off from RJsCorner to prepare for some changes in my blogging going forward. Those changes will be announced on the 1st day of my 80th year on this earth. I never dreamed I would live this long. But, according to my doctor I could see several more years to come. I am not going to spoil the announcement, so … Continue reading The Times, They Are A Changing…
“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.” – Jacqueline Woodson I know there are many people around today who greatly fear diversity. Many of that group still live where they were born. They have been almost exclusively taught by their elders what is right and wrong. But, in the first 25 years … Continue reading Walking Through This World Together
I read a very interesting article the other day that caused me to have a different perception of boredom. Continue reading We Are Killing Our Creativity With Constant Stimulation
I have been thinking lately about the words of Jesus and how he interacted with those he came across. Except for some of those in the religious establishment I couldn’t find any instance where he chose to automatically exclude anyone from his saving grace or the wisdom of his teachings. He treated men and women pretty much the same; he welcomed all to his ministry. The … Continue reading The Practice of Exclusion…
And mine is especially so. I realized from a very young age that I was different from most around me. As a young boy I was supposed to be entranced by sports, but the opposite was the case for me. All the movies and TV of my youth were about being macho; I had massive levels of empathy instead. I tried my best to fit … Continue reading A Mind Is A Strange Thing
“A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.” – Sam Brownback Ironically, Sam Brownback is a Republican who has served in many different parts of governement including a Senator and Governor of Kansas. I wonder if he were still a Senator today, would he have the courage to repeat the above quote? I don’t follow politics much anymore as I don’t want to end my … Continue reading Democracy vs. Tyranny
A theology based on this fear seldom inspires great acts of compassion and service. When we live in constant fear of divine rejection, we focus all our attention on securing our survival. Sadly, this self-absorption only leads us further from love. Fear and love are incompatible. Fear indicates our distrust of the one who claims to love us. A child trembles when a parent threatens, … Continue reading Fear vs. Love….
Life on the Margins – Outsider -Nonconformist -Eccentric – Maverick Let me make it clear that when I talk about “Life On the Margins” or any of its other descriptions I am talking about people who: I am certainly one of those, and I suspect that many who come across RJsCorner, especially those who stick around, might also be living life on the margins. We … Continue reading Life On the Margins…
“To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.” – Bono Almost all of us want to be part of the social scene. We want to be part of the crowd. We check out our social sites several times a day to make sure we know what is expected of us. But … Continue reading Which Is Greater?
“Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.” -Steve Amraboli- I love to read what people say that makes me see life from a different angle. This is one of those times. I have had more than my share of problems in my 80 years of life so being able to deal with problems was an essential process. It’s … Continue reading Happiness Is Not…
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
– Thomas Jefferson Continue reading Never Cause For Withdrawing
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