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 the biggest opportunities to make my country (USA) better is related to our addiction to war. If only we would put even 2% of what … Continue reading War & Peace…
“Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.” -Steve Amraboli- I love to read what people say that makes me see life from a different angle. This is one of those times. I have had more than my share of problems in my 80 years of life so being able to deal with problems was an essential process. It’s … Continue reading Happiness Is Not…
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”
– Thomas Jefferson Continue reading Never Cause For Withdrawing
“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
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…
Georgia O’Keeffe certainly created her own world. As shown to the right, she also lived to a ripe old age in one of my favorite towns of Santa Fe. Continue reading Quote – Create Your Own World
The source of this post has been on my Mac desktop for as long as I remember, so I thought I would use the Saturday post to show it to you. Continue reading Here Is To You Woody…
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time
Winston Churchill – February 1945 Continue reading One Link At A Time…
No this is not a new Clothesline Art post, although I am including the first image in this series. That image is entitled “Baby Steps” and that is what this post is actually all about. Me, Having My Say about the direction and lessons learned so far, to make this 2025 project a success. I will tell you about two basic lessons learned for CLA. Continue reading The Clothesline Art Process… Making It Happen
I wrote the letter below in 2020 to one of my primary heroes in life, Will Rogers. Of course, I never got around to writing to him again. But, I will now try to make up for that in the coming days. It’s time to dust off all the books and literature I have collected about his life. It’s time to try and learn what … Continue reading A Letter To Will… January 2020
I bet you thought about the chains that bind all of us? I like this answer better 🤣 Continue reading I Will Never Be Free…
Ok, I will admit it for at least the argument of this post, I am old. I don’t mean to get morbid but I am likely in the last decade of my life. Being old, besides all the aches and pains, is kind of freeing. We just don’t care as much about what people think of us than we used to. Our image is pretty … Continue reading I Am Old…
I came across a couple of very interesting John F. Kennedy quotes while browsing my photo library recently that are very applicable to our times. Continue reading Kennedy Quotes…
I sincerely believe . . . that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Thomas Jefferson in a letter 12 June 1815 Anyone that has studied Jefferson to any degree knows that he was an agrarian. That is he … Continue reading Banking Establishments…
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