Category Archives: Robservations

Be grateful and gracious, not jealous. Life brings us all kinds of twists and turns every day. It is quite the journey and we all hope to find joy and happiness. But our brains seem to get in the way...
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Life is a long journey of self-growth and realization. I have made many friends through high school, college, university, business, sports and more. Every one of them seemed like they would be a close friend for life. But actually, the...
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Much of my writing is pretty controversial to many people. Some folks would rather just carry on with their daily life than contemplate that things may not be as good as they should be. Personally I find many things off...
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I find myself often writing about the same sort of thing with a little bit of a twist to it. And here we go again. Be kind to every-one, always. Be kind to those you love, be kind to those...
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Sadly, I have to mention this again. I receive a lot of feedback, most of it very positive. But the negative ones are pretty insane. They love to use the words ‘hate speech’ to describe anyone who has a different...
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Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 14. It is a great day to really acknowledge Mom. My mother is incredible. She has taught what is right and what is wrong (I may not always follow her advice) and has always...
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Why are we here on this planet? It is a tough question that I am not going to attempt to answer. I just think we should all try to be happy while we are here. Unhappy people fall into a...
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Seventeen years ago it was pretty easy to write this column. I had lots of fresh thoughts in my head. It was a lot of fun observing the feel of the valley. Now, after years of isolating health issues, combined...
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What’s going on this week in Rob’s world? I continue to heal up pretty quickly I guess. I can do short distances on the cane or longer walks with the walker. The snow this morning has set me back as...
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There is no one in the world who is the same as you and that is one of the great things about the world. We are all unique in the way we think, the way we look (except twins maybe),...
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