Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

Quote: Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.

Question: How many lives would change if you showed up — even when it didn’t feel like enough?

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Written 6/5/2025.

If you recall my posts from the first year, my goal was to become very uncomfortable with life. The reason being is that EVERYTHING that I desire is hidden behind that fear and lack …

Quote: While one person hesitates because they feel inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

Question: What if the real edge isn’t talent… but the courage to screw up in publ…

Quote: You train people to treat you by how you treat yourself.

Question: If someone treated you the way you treat yourself… would you call it love or abuse?

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Quote: Mind like a steel trap. Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

Question: When have you felt like you didn’t quote belong to the modern world?

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Quote: Treat men greatly and they show themselves great.

Question: Have you ever seen a person become who you thought they could be?

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Quote: The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Question: What’s one statement you thought was a lie, but turned out to be true?

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Quote: Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.

Question: What’s one thing that worked out even if you didn’t really understand it?

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Happy Friday.

Just wanted to get online and say, you're doing a good job.

You're working at it.

You're working every da…

When I double checked the quote against the internet, legitimate sources said that Henry Ford originally quoted this.

Quote: Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly …

Quote: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.

Here’s your question: "When was the last time your words got twisted — and what did it teach you …

Written 5/28/2025.

Melissa called a little after 8 am this morning. We normally talk later in the morning, but she was meeting with a friend and asked whether I wanted to do dinner with her Saturday (…

Quote: Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.

Here’s your question: "What’s the best compliment you’ve received — and how did you keep it from going to your head?"

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Quote: Though we travel all over the world to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Question: "What’s one inner beauty or truth you had to discover in yourself before you cou…

Quote: Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer, but we want a different one.

Question: What’s an answer you already knew, but still asked for advice on?

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“Luge Strategy: Lie flat and try not to die.”

Question: "What’s your ‘luge strategy’ in life right now? 🛷Just lying flat and hoping for the best—or steering with purpose?"

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“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”

Here’s your question: "Is modern healthcare more about treatment—or distraction? 🩺🎭What’s something a doctor did t…

“One cannot manage too many affairs, like pumpkins in the water. One pops up where you're trying to hold down the other.”

Here’s your question: "Ever feel like you're juggling pumpkins in water? 🌊🎃Wha…

Truer words were never spoken: “The colder the x-ray table; the more of your body is required to lie on it.”

Here’s your question: "Why is it that the more uncomfortable the situation, the more expose…

Never do card tricks for the group you play poker with.

Here’s your question: "What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made by showing off in the wrong room?"

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