Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

This quote is from Country Magazine, submitted by Amy Riddell in the 90s.

“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles…it empties today of its strength.”

I 100% agree.

If you worry, worry is just …

Quote by Miyamoto Musashi: Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye. Nurture the ability to perceive the truth in all matters.

We need to do this more than ever, because if we're just on social…

Quote from Charles F. Kettering: Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

It's pretty hard to do new things without thinking that there might be new things to do.

There are a lot …

Heard on an AM sports radio program in the 90s.

“The University of Michigan football team doesn’t rebuild; they reload.”

I'm a University of Michigan guy, third generation graduate. Also keep in mind, …

Quote by Alvin Toffler: The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

If you haven't read Toffler’s books, you need …

Quote by Henry David Thoreau: Be not simply good, be good for something.

So you can be good and be quiet, but what are you trying to do?

Are you good for something?

Are you trying to help somebody out?

A…

Written 8/10/2025.

I just arrived home after spending the weekend in South Haven Michigan with a group of friends who are more family than anything else.

We knew each other from high school but didn’t …

Quote from Margaret Lee Runbeck: Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Happiness is a verb, in my opinion. It's not a noun. It's a verb. You create your own happiness. I…

Anonymous: Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.

Live it.

Have fun.

Do great things.

Here's the thing. If you start living your life and doing something that you've never done before and …

Here’s an American Indian proverb.

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.

This describes social media, right?

The people who are spouting stuff aren't listening, are they? They're just saying what th…

Quote by Sir Francis Bacon.

Realize this is older language as he was born in 1561.

There is wisdom in this beyond the roles of the physic. A man's own observation,

what he finds good of and what he find…

Quote from Marge Piercy

Life is the first gift.

Love is the second.

Understanding the third.

Do you agree?

Is there another thing in there that we should put in?

Let me know.

Robert’s Substack is a reader-s…

Quote by Charles Schwab

I've yet to find the man, however exalted in his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under the spirit of approval than under the spirit of criticis…

Written 8/6/2025.

As you probably know, I have been posting a quote a day around 7 am -5GMT time. These are cross posted across other social media platforms.

The following quote got a lot of respons…

Quote by Albert Einstein

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I look at this as kind of like the trolls of the internet, TikTok, and all the social media platfo…

Written 8/4/2025.

As you know, I’m on the Facebook dating app along with getting out into the real world hoping to find that person who elevates me and where I elevate her.

Sometimes it comes down to w…

Quote from Sylvain of Athos.

For the man who prays in his heart, the whole world is a church.

So, I think about this. Some people just only pray in church. Some people only pray at night. But for those…

Written 8/3/2025.

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I’ve been playing around with all the socia…

Quote by Samuel Butler.

Friendship is like money. It's easier made than kept.

What do you do to really keep your friendships going?

Do you go out on a weekly basis?

Do you phone them?

I have a friend who …

Quote by Anna Quinlan:

We are defined by the people we've lost.

For me, that would be my grandmother.

She was always supportive, always there for me.

And I still think about her often, but she and her a…