Sometimes I get the feeling that I am just marking off each day as they come, waiting for the end. That is no kind of life. All of us need a purpose for getting up each morning. Just marking off the … Continue reading Make Way For Tomorrow, And All The Days Yet To Come…
More than 38 millions American are living alone. That statistic has reached a record high. More than 3 times as many as in the 1960s. There are a number of reasons why living alone has grown. One includes the economic … Continue reading More People Are Now Living Alone.
There are just too many people who seem to be fanatical about one set of beliefs or another in today’s world. But, now that those beliefs are being questioned by more and more people, they are panicked. Many have come … Continue reading Fixated On A Set Of Beliefs
Everyone tells you from your youth forward that you need a long range financial plan. But, who in their 20s and 30s is thinking about putting money aside for retirement? I just heard the other day about the most successful … Continue reading Long Range Financial Planning
The title of this post has been a fundamental question I have asked myself throughout my life. But, it seems lately that that question has come to the forefront with the word “Still” plastered across it. I know you are … Continue reading Why Am I Here?
I can remember an article several years ago about a noted surgeon stating that when he turned 75 he stopped all diagnostic tests. He had seen too many times when people who could have died gracefully instead spent their time … Continue reading Stopping Diagnostic Tests…
I certainly have my ups & downs, especially in my old age. But, treating each day as a new adventure makes all of them tolerable. Let it go is the best advice around. Continue reading Ups & Downs
Here I am yet again back under the tree of life, searching for a way forward. I am having problems finding a path into my artsy creativity. I don’t know how many attempts I have experimented with, but none seem … Continue reading A Little Soul Searching… Again
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. Teddy Roosevelt I have had more than my share of adversity in life, but that’s OK. Since it didn’t break me, it made me a stronger … Continue reading When You’re At The End Of Your Rope..
I have been struggling lately with my Artsy project. My patience is running thin right now. I want to do a better job at being artsy now, not some time in the future. NOW. So, I have to learn the … Continue reading Of Course, It’s Hard…
You can make life very simple or very complicated. Some people try to be what others want them to be. Others try to be different just to stand out. In both cases, they are changing themselves to impress others. Neither … Continue reading It’s That Simple
In my engineering days, I had a vivid imagination. Even before that, I spent much of my younger days imagining who, or how, I would be in my life ahead. Now, in my 78th year, I still have an active … Continue reading Use Your Imagination
Waiting in line has never been anything but annoying to me, but now that I am in my final years, it just seems like totally wasteful of my time. I am trying my best to make each day count now. … Continue reading Waiting In Line…
Except for my middle years which were in joyful marriage bliss (well sometimes 🥴) I have been alone in life. I just didn’t seem to understand how not to be alone. To me, being alone was far better than the … Continue reading When You Don’t Know How To Be Alone… The Art Of Aloneness
One of the reasons almost all my posts here at RJsCorner are “500 words or less”, is because of the title above. There is just so much available to read every day, and certainly not enough time to read it … Continue reading People Don’t Read Online… They Scan
I’m no different from anyone else in the world in regard to making my version of God. The last time I looked, there were about 40,000 different versions of the Christian church in existence in the world. Some say that … Continue reading My Version Of God
Thank you, Micheal, for the Progressive Christianity post above. For some reason, I have never put those two things in a “vs” position. I know that after my serious 4 years study of the Bible years ago, I always had … Continue reading Biblical vs Christlike
(click to open a larger view) Just a picture and a short story for today. I have had many veggie gardens in my life. I can remember the first one when I was a six-year-old. It was 1952, and we … Continue reading Veggies Are Good For You
That’s why they call it the “Present”. This moment that you are presently living is the most precious one of your life. The past is the past, you can’t do anything about that. The future is just dreams until they … Continue reading Today Is A Gift…
Things ain’t what they used to be, and never were Will Rogers My last remaining grandparent died when I was about 12 years old, but I still remember the vacation days when we visited him on his pig farm. He … Continue reading Things Ain’t What They Used To Be.
I’m busy doing other things, so today I am just going to give you of my “Doodling Wall”. More on that later. Continue reading A Doodle Or Two…
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