The Courage Of Children
“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing. ” Continue reading The Courage Of Children
About New Year’s Resolutions…
I know that the American view of New Years Resolutions is that many are broken on January 1 and the rest are forgotten on January 2. The Chinese take a different view. Their Chinese holidays last at least a week … Continue reading About New Year’s Resolutions…
Looking Back… 2012
I thought I would give you a picture from Christmas Day 2012. Today it is in the upper 50s and constant rain. Not very Christmasy but for me there are always past images to remember. Have A Joyous Day With … Continue reading Looking Back… 2012
Have All The Answers…
Sometimes we think that the stupidity that is constantly around us now is a recent thing. The quote above proves it otherwise. Socrates’ fundamental belief was that the more you know the more you recognize you don’t know. Continue reading Have All The Answers…
War & Peace…
People talk about peace, but men give their life’s work to war. It won’t stop ’til there is as much brains and scientific study put to aid peace as there is to promote war. –Will Rogers — 1932 One of … Continue reading War & Peace…
Self-Focus vs. Empathy
All my life I have been an empath even if I didn’t know it. 95% of my estate is going to organizations who help people with their struggles in life or to people themselves. That just seems natural to me. … Continue reading Self-Focus vs. Empathy
A Snippet from RJsArtsySide
I’ve learned a lot about creativity in the last few years. So, I thought I would give you a sample of those lessons from my other blog at RJsArtsySide. Continue reading A Snippet from RJsArtsySide
2 the Point
I read my first book at the age of 6-years and have probably read 1,000+ more since then. Those 1st books showed me worlds I could never have imagined. But now I am getting to the time in my life … Continue reading 2 the Point
Finding My Purpose… A Neverending Search
For the last month or so I have been meeting with a college student who is taking a class about “Stories, Art, and Aging”. She will soon be giving a presentation about what she has learned from our conversations. I … Continue reading Finding My Purpose… A Neverending Search
Essence – One Of My Favorite Words
Looking back, 2025 has been a very insightful year for me. I learned a lot about myself and even some things that changed my worldview. I also learned to think more deeply about things ranging from complicated to simple. In … Continue reading Essence – One Of My Favorite Words
My Last Words
I don’t know why but I have been in a very philosophical mood lately. Many seeds have recently been planted in my brain about what my last words in life might be. No, this isn’t doom and disaster stuff to … Continue reading My Last Words
Celebrating LOMO
Life On My Own A couple of weeks ago I posted about building my fortress of solitude in my 800 sq ft Retcom apartment. In that post I mentioned LOMO but didn’t explain it much. This post does that explainin. … Continue reading Celebrating LOMO
I’ll Let You In On A Little Secret
Now that I have a very fast internet connection I have given up cable and satellite in favor of total streaming. One of the best things about that is I can now watch many of my favorite shows from the … Continue reading I’ll Let You In On A Little Secret
The Emotional Side Of Retirement
The reason I am writing this series of posts here at RJsCorner is to maybe help you discover the emotional “secrets” to what lies beyond retirement day. Maybe I can help some of you so you might not make the same mistakes as I did. Continue reading The Emotional Side Of Retirement
Memories Light The Corners Of My Mind…
Memories are something that I have an abundance of. As I have said many times here on RJsCorner, my brain constantly runs 100 mph with hundreds of different thoughts. Sadly most of those that have value, might I even say … Continue reading Memories Light The Corners Of My Mind…
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 