Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

Written 9/16/2025.

As we head into the fourth quarter, the busiest time of year for me and my business, I thought I’d do a mental health check in.

First, I’m in a good place overall.

I have a routine d…

Here's a quote by Alice M. Swain.

“Courage is not the mighty oak that sees storms come and go. It is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”

What are you being courageous about this week?

Your per…

This is a quote by Rita Mae Brown.

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of a mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay…

Spoken 9/15/2025

Below is the transcript, lightly edited…

Hopefully you won't get too much hate for this, but I wanted to give you a perspective and I'm going to give you a recommendation of something …

Here's a quote by Paula Poundstone.

“My mom said that she learned how to swim when someone took her out on the boat and pushed her overboard.”

I said, “Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim…

Written 9/13/2025.

I knew it would be a rollercoaster ride when I started back into the dating world. Many years ago, when I was married, I used to thank my lucky stars that I didn’t have to go throug…

Just three words.

Believe in yourself.

Believe in yourself.

Believe in yourself!

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Here's a quote by Dorothy Nevill.

“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place,

right time, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

I absolute…

Written 9/11/2025.

I get advice, lots of advice from my friends on my dating life. I am blessed because I’m not the smartest person when it comes to dating. I am a guy. That’s no excuse, however I sta…

Quote by Henry G Strauss: “I have every sympathy with the American who was so horrified that what he read about the effects of smoking that he gave up reading.”

Have you ever done that?

Here's the fact…

This is a quote by Leonardo da Vinci.

Don't know whether it's true or not, but I like the sentiment, so I'm going to say it anyway.

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”

I ten…

Quote by Daniele Vare: “Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.”

Have you been on the receiving end of this technique?

I know I have.

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This is a quote by Dorothea Dix.

“In a world where there's so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.”

If you've ever felt like there was nothing for you t…

Written 9/7/2025

I had my first “second date” since 2022 yesterday. I wasn’t sure if it was going to happen. I do know wonderful redhead enough that I can’t push her to nail something down. It’s up to…

This is a quote by W. Clement Stone.

“Bondage is subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts.”

So many times, we look at social media and we get upset by it.

A lot of times our inte…

This is a quote by Sallust: “Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”

Do you agree?

Do you believe that your fortune, what you've created in your life, not just financially, but every aspect of …

Written 9/5/2025.

I just read a lovely article entitled Ancient Wisdom: How to Die Well (click on the link to go to the article).

Riding motorcycles, I’m confronted with death on a weekly basis. We rid…

This is an Omaha Indian saying: “Dreams are wiser than men.”

I don't know where to go with that.

What do you think?

Let me know.

From Sacred Hoops p95

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Written 9/4/2025.

One of the duties of an Ambassador for the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce is to attend ribbon cuttings. This is for both new businesses and businesses who had something signific…

Quote by Beethoven: “Misic is a higher revelation than philosophy”

Sometimes when I hear the strains of music, I am enraptured.

When I learned how to waltz and I heard the Moonlight Sonata playing and …