Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

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…

Quote from Charles Lindberg: Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

Is there something that you've been so in the middle of …

Quote from George Carlin: You ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?

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Quote from Alexander Wolcott: There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

Think about it.

That's what I'm going to have to reflect on.

What are your thoughts?

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Quote from Steven Wright: Plan to be spontaneous … tomorrow.

Question: Do you ever get caught in the loop of trying to plan spontaneity?

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Quote from Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay: How glorious it is and also how painful to be an exception.

Question: Are there times in life where you felt like you're an exception?

I know I have. I…

Quote from Oprah Winfrey: You have to move up to another level of thinking, which is true for me and everybody else. Everybody has to learn to think differently, bigger, to be open to possibilities.

F…

Quote by Augustus Caesar: What is done well is done quickly enough.

Question: What are the things that you took extra time on and did them right and they've lasted for a long time?

Let me know.

Robert’s…

Quote by Hans Margolius: Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.

Commentary: With everything going on, especially in the…

Here’s an Ethiopian Proverb: When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

So, if we can get together, we could do more than if it's just one single person.

What are your thoughts?

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Quote from Abraham Lincoln: I care not for a man's religion whose dog or cat are not of the better for it.

For me, I watch how people treat animals. I have a dog myself. And if they don't treat them c…

This was my first time riding a motorcycle over the Mackinac Bridge. This bridge is 5 miles long and is the 7th longest suspension bridge in the world. There was a wicked cross breeze coming right to…

Quote by Robert Schuller: Winning starts with beginning.

How can you win if you don’t begin?

Question: What are the things that you’re winning at because you actually took the step to begin it?

Robert’s…

Quote from Author Unknown about Apologies: An apology is the best way to get the last word.

This sounds good to me.

What are your thoughts?

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Written 7/13/2025.

Silly me, I was going to get to the campsite and figure out dinner, instead there was no service. So, I’m currently eating dinner at Port Sandy Bay Pizza. Why? Because it was the fi…

Quote from Benjamin Franklin: The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

Question: Are you a faith or a reason person?

Let me know your thoughts on that.

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Quote from Rose Lane: Happiness is something that comes up in our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

Where has happiness come in your life?

How did it come?

Did it come unexpectedl…

Quote from Bertrand Russell: The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Oh my God, does that just illustrate who we are and what we do?

Is there s…

Quote from Sojourner Truth: It is the mind that makes the body.

Question: What have you overcome by applying your mental attitude to where your body was protesting?

Like lack of sleep, exercise, or cou…

Quote from Francois de La Rochefoucauld: A true friend is the greatest of all blessings and one that we take the least care of all to acquire.

Think about your friendships.

How did you acquire them?

Did…