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Robert C Slayton - Grief to Joy and Inspiration

Robert C Slayton - Follow me on my journey, daily inspirational quotes with occasional snippets on how I"m imperfectly living my life.

My personal Substack showing my journey from feeling hallow like something was missing, pain and grief to passion, purpose, and peace of mind. Short videos are uplifting quotes each day. Longer form videos are on my ruminations. I do include some voice overs of articles I write. rslayton.substack.com

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0:19

Quote from André Gide

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2025/06/29

Quote from André Gide: Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.Question: Is there anything in your life you’re afraid to let go of?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 rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

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2025/06/28

Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people.Question: What’s a right you believe should always stay with the people — no matter what?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

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Quote from Albert Einstein

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2025/06/27

Quote from Albert Einstein: If we knew what it was that we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?Question: Have you ever started something totally unsure — and discovered something amazing along the way?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

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0:30

Quote from Sir John Lubbock

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2025/06/26

Quote from Sir John Lubbock: I can but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the duty of happiness as well as the happiness of duty. For we ought to be as bright and genial as we can if only because to be cheerful ourselves is the most effectual contribution to the happiness of others.Question: What’s one way you’ve brightened someone’s day just by being genuinely cheerful?Robert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support

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Tantra and the World

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2025/06/26

Written 6/25/2025.If you follow my posts, you may remember me talking about a book I’ve been slowly reading. Like, since August of 2023. Almost 2 years and less than halfway through.It’s entitled “The Book of Secrets” by Osho. A little 1302-page tome of wisdom. What I was reading today concerned sansara and moksha. Sansara is the world, moksha is the transcendent everything. Our mind always divides the world into bits because that’s what we do and what has made us as a human species progress

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Quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes

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2025/06/25

Quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes: The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of an eye. The more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.Question: Have you ever tried to open someone’s mind—only to watch it close tighter? What did you learn from the experience?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

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Quote by Alan McClashen

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2025/06/24

Quote by Alan McClashen: Delight is the secret, and the secret is to grow quiet and listen,to stop thinking,stop moving,almost stop breathing,to create an inner stillness in which,like mice in a deserted house,capacities and awareness too wayward and too fugitive for everyday use may delicately emerge.Question of the day: When was the last time you were still enough to hear what your soul was whispering?Thanks for reading Robert’s Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a

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Quote from Ilka Chase

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2025/06/23

Quote from Ilka Chase: The only people who never fail are those who never try.Question for you: What’s something you’re proud you tried—even if it didn’t go as planned?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 rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Josh Billings

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2025/06/22

Quote from Josh Billings: Consider the postage stamp. Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.Question for you: What’s one goal you’ve stuck with—no matter how long it’s taken?Thanks for reading Robert’s Substack! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Priscilla Wayne

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2025/06/21

Quote from Priscilla Wayne: As bread is the staff of life, so appreciation is the food of the soul.Question for you: What’s the most meaningful 'thank you' you've ever received — or given?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 rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Helen Keller

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2025/06/20

Quote from Helen Keller: We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.Question for you: When did life’s challenges teach you something joy never could?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 rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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0:18

Quote from Margaret Mead

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2025/06/19

Quote from Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Question: What’s a time when a small group made a big difference in your life — or in the world? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Boris Pasternak

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2025/06/18

Quote from Boris Pasternak: What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth. Life always spills over the rim of the cup.Question: When did life surprise you by spilling beyond what you thought was possible?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

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Quote from Linda Neukrug

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2025/06/17

Quote from Linda Neukrug: Today, let me do, not stew.Question: What are you done stewing over — and finally ready to do? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

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2025/06/16

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi: To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.Question: What’s a change the world has never seen — but you still believe humanity is capable of? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Aristotle

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2025/06/15

Quote from Aristotle: For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.Question: What lesson did life teach you that no book or class ever could? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Lewis Carroll

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2025/06/14

Quote from Lewis Carroll: When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.Question: Have you ever had a word mean something totally different to you than it did to someone else? What happened? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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2025/06/13

Quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.Question: What’s more romantic than locking eyes? Locking hearts on the same horizon. What dream are you chasing together? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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Quote from Dandemis

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2025/06/12

Quote from Dandemis: Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may be wrong.Question: When have you judged another only to find out later that they were right?Personally, what I thought I’d NEVER do in my 20s I found myself doing in my 40s. It was a humbling experience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rslayton.substack.com/subscribe

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0:23

Quote on Albert Einstein's rules for work

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2025/06/11

Albert Einstein's rules for work.One, out of complexity, find simplicity.Two, from discord, find harmony.Three, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.Question: "Which of Einstein’s three rules do you need most in your life right now — simplicity, harmony, or opportunity?"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

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