Welcome to “Words Of Wisdom”
Welcome to the first post of this reformatted category of “Words Of Wisdom” (WOW). Continue reading Welcome to “Words Of Wisdom”
Author: RJ Walters
I am an Independent thinking, highly functional person who is deaf and has some unique views and challenges in life.
Like all of us, I am a person who is composed of all my life experiences and that is what I write about here.
A Tale Of Two Realities -Part 3 … The Joys
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
A Tale Of Two Realities – Part 2 …Life’s Struggles
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
A Tale Of Two Realities – Part 1
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
Swirling Clouds In Blueish Haze…
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…
Not Everyone Is Smart
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
Old Age And Your End Times
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
Learn To Enjoy Solitude
I am in an endless search of my inner self. A requirement to get there is personal solitude, that is, being alone. I didn’t understand how necessary that was for me until quite late in life. Continue reading Learn To Enjoy Solitude
If You Feel Artsy
Click HERE (or on the picture above) to browse my artsy collection. Continue reading If You Feel Artsy
I Just Don’t Understand?
I don’t understand why we in the U.S. spend so much of our taxpayer’s money defending the European Union and other developed nations? Continue reading I Just Don’t Understand?
Vegetating In One Little Corner of Earth
I might have become a member of the MAGA cult if I had remained in the small rural Indiana town where I grew up the rest of my life. I would never have known just how big the world was. Continue reading Vegetating In One Little Corner of Earth
Will It Ever Be?
Will wrote the words above about one-hundred years ago, and it couldn’t be more true than it is today. Will humanity ever be ready for truth or harmony? Continue reading Will It Ever Be?
Memorial Day Remembrance
For most people, Memorial Day is primarily a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. But for me, it is a time to mourn for those who have died in our needless wars of my lifetime, particularly the 58,220 young men from my generation who were killed in Vietnam Continue reading Memorial Day Remembrance
I Have No Desire…
I love discovering people who have put themselves out there in order to further a long much delayed cause. Simone de Beauvoir is certainly one of them. Continue reading I Have No Desire…
On The Present Moment
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
Simplicity Is Not Simple At All
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
Owning Yourself…
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…
Stages of Life…
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…
Get Rid Of Both Parties
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
Especially Now…
There Is No “Straight & Narrow”
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”
What Keeps This 80-Year-Old Guy Cognitively Sharp
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
When Reality Hits You In The Face
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
Really Miss My Woodworking Shop..
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 Really Miss My Woodworking Shop..
Stoplights Revisited
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
Yes I Use AI… And Here’s Why
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
The Sound of a Flute
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
Think for yourself – Revisited
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
A Perfect Life??
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??
I Have Done My Share
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 killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
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
Center of the Universe
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
The Cards Life Deals You…
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…
Becoming A Perfectionist
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
Everybody Has a Spiritual Side
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
Eccentricity & The Arts
I am presently trying to discover where my artsy side is taking me this year. Maybe I will figure it out before the year is over. One thing I am discovering is that color is essential to future work. A very preliminary work to describe that is shown above. Continue reading Eccentricity & The Arts
Without Expectations
I have to admit up front that I have rather comfortable retirement years. I don’t have to worry about where the money is going to come from. But, I do worry to a certain degree if that comfortable next egg will suddenly disappear due to the insane political environment of today. But that’s not the purpose of this post. Instead, it is about donating to different worthy causes. Continue reading Without Expectations
And Disregard The Rest… But Not Publically
I don’t remember when I came across the term “Cafeteria Catholic”. For those who haven’t figured it out yet, it means that many Catholics pick and choose from all that is presented to them, instead of just taking everything they are told as true. Continue reading And Disregard The Rest… But Not Publically
The REAL Sign Language
When I went deaf 40 years ago and learned sign language, I quickly was told that the sign language that I learned was fake, and that I was polluting the real ASL. Continue reading The REAL Sign Language
With All Your Old Nonsense…
Quote For Today Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin … Continue reading With All Your Old Nonsense…
Never As Good As You Hope Or As Bad At You Fear
I don’t know where this saying came from, but I have quoted it many times throughout my life. We, as a country, and I as a person, have certainly be through a lot of good and bad times, I can … Continue reading Never As Good As You Hope Or As Bad At You Fear
Envy
For various reasons I have spent my long life on the margins and don’t regret it one bit. It has made me the unique person I am. But sometimes envy things. I realize envy implies a negative connotation, but my … Continue reading Envy
Synergy – Artsy & A Quote
In conjunction with moving my creative artsy stuff back the RJsCorner I have also decided that the best way to handle this is to put artsy and quotes together Continue reading Synergy – Artsy & A Quote
… Know How To Swim
I wasn’t one to ever admit that I read Ann Landers gossip column, but she did have a certain wit about her that drew me in. The above quote is certainly one of those. Continue reading … Know How To Swim
Artsy Is Back…
I have decided that maintaining two blogs is just not worth the effort. Soooooo, Artsy is moving back to RJsCorner. Continue reading Artsy Is Back…
