“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life’s exciting variety, not something to fear.” — Gene Roddenberry — I believe that the quote above is essential for humanity to survive. We must recognize, and sometimes even … Continue reading Not Something To Be Feared
“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share your views with them” -Henry Louis Mencken- (1880-1956) This brings back a memory of my early years soon after I joined the corporate world. I was renting a house in a blue collar neighborhood when two Mormons came to the door and wanted to share their version of religion … Continue reading Sharing Your Views…
Several times a year I change the focus of RJsCorner to a new subject. It is presently about being artsy. Starting today is will be about diversity. Continue reading A New Focus…
I certainly enjoy MyArtsySide here at RJsCorner, but I am finding those things for the most part to be entertaining but not mentally challenging. I need additional things to help me live my life mantra of Think For Yourself, Question Everything, Never Stop Learning Since “Having My Say” posts are becoming more challenging at this stage of my life, I need something simpler to replace … Continue reading The Synergy Of A Doodle & A Quote…
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” –Plato (428-348 BC) Plato sure was a wise man who had something to say. It is sad to realize that today so many seem to be listening to the one who just has to say something. And even sadder to realize there doesn’t seem to be anyone wise to … Continue reading Wise Men & Fools…
“Nothing makes a man more broadminded like adversity.” — Will Rogers — I’m a lifelong follower of the wisdom of Will Rogers and have read much of his words but still have volumes more to digest. He just had an absolute talent for saying things in simple terms. The two key words in this very short quote are Broadminded & Adversity. Let’s take a deeper … Continue reading About Broadminded & Adversity
My in-depth study of Christianity 18 years ago showed me just how far religion has veered from its original founder. I am now discovering a similar thing happening in the psychiatric community surrounding neurodiversity. That is what this post is all about. Continue reading Diversity – Convoluted Paths & A Way Forward…
For this Sunday I have again decided to pull a post from my legacy blog at RedLetterLiving.net (Click on the logo above to see RLL). It was originally posted 13 years ago, but it seems to be more relevant to today’s version of Christianity We forget to distinguish between history as a record of the elites and history as a record of the people. While … Continue reading Just Ordinary People….
For this Sunday I have again decided to pull a post from my legacy blog at RedLetterLiving.net (Click on the logo above to see RLL). It was originally posted 13 years ago, but it seems to be more relevant to today’s version of Christianity Continue reading Subverted Loyalty….
It used to be that your word was your reputation. If you break your word you suffer the consequences. But for the words in the title above, the majority of us break our word. Oh, we have all the intentions of honoring them when we say them but then things change for whatever reason. I think my Aspie traits play a part in my response … Continue reading Till Death Do Us Part… Aspie Style..
RJsCorner has been about several different things throughout its 17-year history. I truly believe that it has finally evolved into its true purpose, and that is:
Having My Say — Life on the Margins — My Artsy Side
Let’s look at these three topics Continue reading RJsCorner – The Final Frontier
I recently learned that one of my foundations in life which is Think for yourself – Question Everything- Never Stop Learning has been tagged as A Growth Mindset As opposed to the recently most accepted view that people are born with fixed and unchanging neural pathways. I have tried to live every day of my life for the last 30+ years by that mantra. Just … Continue reading A Growth Mindset vs. A Fixed Mindset
Robin Myers –The Underground Church – Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus. Given for the past 1500 years or so, or at least since the age of Constantine, Christianity has been pretty much defined by what we are supposed to believe about Jesus. It is hard to remember that was not the case for the first four hundred years or so. When we look back at history … Continue reading Early Christian Practices….
The topic of this post has been on my mind lately especially since Christianity has become VERY political now. The image above is from one of my first blogs I started in 2008 entitled RedLetterLiving. This particular post was written a little over 4 years ago. The blog was put in hiatus in 2014 but resurrected in 2019 for a couple more years. Click HERE … Continue reading Worshipping vs Following
When I was a kid I often heard that the USA was the great American melting pot. To me that implied that when people came to this country they gave up all their traditions and heritage and merged seamlessly into the American ethic. I was a pretty naive farm boy in my youth so it was years before I realized that the melting pot was … Continue reading A Melting Pot vs. A Stew….
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