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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.
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I’ve Really Tried… But I Just Have No Patience For…

February 23, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

I’ve really really tried, but I have just run out of patience for reading a 200+ page books, or maybe it is time I have run out of.🧐 I will admit that I have never been a novel reader. Almost … Continue reading I’ve Really Tried… But I Just Have No Patience For…

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Roads Not Taken

February 23, 2021February 8, 2022 RJ Walters

I have always been a dreamer and a person who constantly looks to the future. When I was a very young boy I would go out into the backyard of our 1950s $14,000 tract home and lay on the dewy … Continue reading Roads Not Taken

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Doubts are seldom allowed In The Church…

February 21, 2021October 24, 2023 RJ Walters

I know from personal experiences that saying you doubt something in your church can get you in some pretty serious trouble. I will make a bold statement for you. I am sure you have doubts, probably even serious doubts, about … Continue reading Doubts are seldom allowed In The Church…

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Three Times More Likely…

February 20, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

A person who drives ten miles to buy a lottery ticket is three times more likely to die in a car accident than winning the lottery. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know . No … Continue reading Three Times More Likely…

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Creativity – Canadian Style

February 20, 2021October 16, 2021 RJ Walters

When I came across this building, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It is actually a mural painted on the side of a building in Old Town Quebec. And it was not the only one. The green fence is real, everything … Continue reading Creativity – Canadian Style

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Nerve Racking vs Exciting – A Matter of View

February 17, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

This post is mainly about how you view your world. I will use myself and my wife as examples of two different approaches. I embrace change whenever I find it. In fact, I get down right bored when change doesn’t … Continue reading Nerve Racking vs Exciting – A Matter of View

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Jubilee – Revisited

February 17, 2021December 5, 2021 RJ Walters

For this Revisit Wednesday I want to go to a post I wrote here over 12 years ago. It was the first time I seriously looked at the idea of Jubilee, but it would not be the last. I know … Continue reading Jubilee – Revisited

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Life Stories – I ❤️ MTM

February 16, 2021 RJ Walters

When I graduated from college in 1970, it was the first time I could really watch television. We got our first TV in the late 1950s but at that time there was very little on it for an almost-teenager. There … Continue reading Life Stories – I ❤️ MTM

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Lazy Minds or Stifled Minds?

February 15, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

I seem to lay almost all our present day problems on the MAGA cult and particularly those who are evangelicals among them. I realize that is just too easy to do. It is painting with too broad a brush. Saying … Continue reading Lazy Minds or Stifled Minds?

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The Church Needs Shame…

February 14, 2021December 5, 2021 RJ Walters

Of course, everything I say here at RedLetterLiving is my opinion, but sometimes it seems particularly necessary to make that declaration. Since I am going to compare some religious establishments on the post, this is one of those times As … Continue reading The Church Needs Shame…

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Trillions Of Microorganisms

February 13, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

The human body contains trillions of microorganisms i.e bacteria outnumbering human cells by ten to one. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know – The Knowledge Encyclopedia Kinda scary to think that we have more … Continue reading Trillions Of Microorganisms

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Tree of the knowledge

February 10, 2021October 16, 2021 RJ Walters

This post originated on my blog at RedLetterLiving, but I think it will get the broader attention here that it deserves. Anyone who has read many of my words over at RedLetterLiving knows that I don’t have a very positive … Continue reading Tree of the knowledge

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What Made Me A Man

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 RJ Walters

With this post, I want to point you to one of my life stories at one of my other blogs. You might think it is strange, but a dormitory cafeteria gets much credit for who I am today. Click on … Continue reading What Made Me A Man

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Life Stories – The Dormitory Cafeteria

February 9, 2021 RJ Walters

A dormitory cafeteria was a prime reason I became a “man”. I know in my day and very likely today, that is not the usual statement to describe a dormitory cafeteria. It is usually described as “blah”, “bland”, “despicable”, or … Continue reading Life Stories – The Dormitory Cafeteria

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The Tree Of Knowledge

February 7, 2021April 22, 2021 RJ Walters

I originally wrote this post for my daily blog over at RJsCorner but thought it is also very applicable here as well. Anyone who has read many of my words here know that I don’t have a very positive attitude … Continue reading The Tree Of Knowledge

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Hot Heads

February 6, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

The human brain uses 20% of the body’s energy even though it’s only 2% of the body’s total weight. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know I suspect that some of us use a lot … Continue reading Hot Heads

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InDepth Friday – Introduction

February 5, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

I very much try to keep all my posts here at RJsCorner to 500 words or less. I know your time is valuable, so I don’t want to take up too much of it. But, I have lots of topics … Continue reading InDepth Friday – Introduction

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Spotlight Thursday

February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 RJ Walters

Going forward Thursdays here at RJsCorner will be used to direct you to my favorite post of the week at my other three blogs. Check them out if you have a couple of minutes. Just click on the spotlight graphics … Continue reading Spotlight Thursday

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The Words of Jesus

February 3, 2021December 5, 2021 RJ Walters

November 12, 2009 I found an interesting book a while back by Phyllis Tickle entitled “The Words of Jesus”. Phyllis Tickle is the founding editor at Publishers Weekly and is author of more than two dozen book about Christianity. In … Continue reading The Words of Jesus

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The Most Important Life Lesson To Pass On

February 3, 2021June 21, 2021 RJ Walters

Jeff Bezos was the master of entrepreneurship of the first two decades of this new century. He managed to put together a logistics system that was totally unheard of before him. To move from being a small online book store … Continue reading The Most Important Life Lesson To Pass On

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Central Park – NYC

February 2, 2021 RJ Walters

This is another of my abstract realism photos that I’m kinda proud of. It looks like an abstract, but it is totally real. It was taken in 2000 during our last visit to Central Park before our relocation back to … Continue reading Central Park – NYC

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