Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

Quote from Steven Wright: Plan to be spontaneous … tomorrow. Question: Do you ever get caught in the loop of trying to plan spontaneity? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslay...

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. It's like you're in a room full of people and you're all alone. What are your thoughts? How do you handle it? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my w...

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. For me, one thing I've been taught is your income reflects the size of the problems you can solve and the only way you can solve a problem is by growing and being a bigger person. So that huge problem...

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 Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

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 United States, and abroad too, actually in the Middle East, are your thoughts scattered? Do you have a silent mind? How can we really think through what's going on? I don't have an answer for that. I...

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? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber...

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 correctly, I kind of question the rest of their choices, shall we say. What about you? Do you pay attention to people's animals? Or are you one of those people who doesn't have one and doesn't really 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 left. You'll see that as I try to hold my line. Then when I went behind a tower, there was an eddy blowing the opposite direction. Once I was 2/3 of the way from the upper peninsula to Michigan, the t...

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 Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

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? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rs...

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 first restaurant I crossed . Today was a good test of my riding long distances. I got on the road around 8:30 am to ride the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive. I wore my Purdue shirt (my son went to Purdue) f...

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. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

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 unexpectedly or by some other means? Let me know. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public ep...

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 something that you're so outspoken about that maybe you should go evaluate and see whether it's still what you think it is? On the flip side, maybe you're the person who has a lot of doubts, but it mi...

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 could be something else. What was it? Let me know in the comments. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscri...

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 they just kind of happen? For me, that's what happened. In the future, maybe it might be something to pay attention to. What are your thoughts? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th...

Quote from Patricia Neal: A strong mental attitude will create more miracles than any other drug. Question: What do you do to help with your mental attitude, to strengthen it up? For me, I work out 5.30 in the morning. That helps because a lot of times I don't want to. Let me know. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a fr...

Quote from Martin H Fischer: Knowledge is a process of piling up facts: wisdom lies in their simplification. Question: What are some things that when you first started out, maybe in college or the university, you had all these facts and then 10 or 15 or 20 years later, you could boil down those facts to something really, really simple that people can understand. Let me know. Robert’s Substack is a...

Quote from Herbert Gardner: Once you get people laughing, they're listening, and you can tell them almost anything. Something I'll have to try in the future. Question: What do you do to help people listen to you? Drop a comment below. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode....

Quote from William Penn: Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its oppressors. Question: Have you ever really tried to defend things so much that you kind of missed what the reality was? I've had it happen myself. How about you? Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subsc...

Quote from Yogi Berra: Sometimes you can observe a lot by watching. Question: What are some things that you think you know, but if you actually watched it, it might be a little bit different. Personally, I'm not trying to get political, but we're on one end of the spectrum or the other. And the question is, if we actually watched what they do versus listening to what people say they're doing, woul...

Quote from Robert Pirsig and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive. Question: What are some things that you do that you just love doing? Put them down below in the comments. For me, I just started in motorcycles a couple of years ago. And honest to God, riding is the best part. It's like sailing. You don't sail a boat to get somewhere. Y...

Quote from Libbie Fudim: Love me or hate me but spare me your indifference. Question for you: Have you ever had a person who just didn't care and it really kind of ticked you off more than anything else? For me, I prefer to know where I stand. Do you love me? Do you hate me? In the past, it's always been one or the other. It's very rare that it's in between. What are your thoughts? Robert’s Substa...

Quote from John Allston: The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. Question: What are the things that you're leaving behind if you were to go poof? For me, as I get older, it's my reputation. I want my reputation to be good so that my kids can feel proud of it. What are your thoughts? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

Quote from William Arthur Ward: When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. Question: Who brought out the best in you — simply because they believed in the best of you? I’ve had so many positive people in my life. Right now, for my writing, it is Melissa Wilson. Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wor...