Category Archives: Attitude

“Fire and Forgiveness” A Mix of a Boy’s Fascination with Fire and Problems That Never Seem to Go Away

Posted on October 2, 2026 by richrockwood

My three volume novel is a story about the struggles of Barry Brown, a Catholic boy’s fascination with candles and other sacred objects causing him many problems. It started when he served his first Mass. He had been excited to … Continue reading →

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“It’s Just Not Fair”

Posted on April 14, 2025 by richrockwood

      How many of us, having suffered for something we didn’t do or subjected to a gross mistreatment we didn’t deserve, have ever said “It’s just not fair?” I confess that I have thought or said it more … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Adversity, Anger, Attitude, Belief, Charity, Choices, Conflict, Crucifixion, Disappointment, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Healing, Holy Week, Jesus, Letting Go, Life, Palm Sunday, Prayer, Reconciliation, Rejection, relationships, Restoration, Spiritual, Suffering, Trials | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Slow Time Down??

Posted on January 29, 2025 by richrockwood

Did you ever wish you could apply some brakes to time? Have you ever spent a gratifying day with a friend, a loved one, or doing something you really enjoyed on an unsurpassed summer day? Toward the end of that … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Attitude, Cameras, Children, Family, Grand children, Grandmothers, Grandparents, Home, Old Age, Parenting, Photography, Priorities, relationships, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Living the Ideal in the Real World

Posted on January 8, 2025 by richrockwood

In my life, there has been one large, painful lesson to learn. A problem appears when something in life affects me in a manner that does not match my ideal. Starting at an early age, I was taught to be … Continue reading →

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Happy? New Year

Posted on December 27, 2024 by richrockwood

We’re here again-at the start of another new year. The typical greeting (or is it a wish?) we give each other is “happy new year.” Is that what we all really want? To be happy, according to the Apple Dictionary … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Adaptability, Adventures, Attitude, Balance, Challenge, Choices, Courage, Fear, Holidays, Learning, Life, New Year, Perseverance, Prayer, Spirituality, Stress, Tests, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Places and Faces

Posted on December 24, 2024 by richrockwood

Over the course of my almost 80 years I have come in contact and interacted with many places and faces. I have lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, California, Washington State, Kentucky and Korea. In the last two I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Aging, Appreciation, Attitude, Family, Friends, Humanity, Life, Milestones, Old Age, relationships, Thankfulness, travel, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Snake Wrapped Around a Staff

Posted on August 16, 2023 by richrockwood

A reader of my blog posts asked if a serpent wrapped around a staff in a doctor’s office is related to the ancient healing practice used by Moses for everyone bitten by serpents. “Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and … Continue reading →

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A Fish

Posted on June 7, 2023 by richrockwood

According to “Symbols: Signposts of Devotion,” by Dr. Ratha Doyle McGee, the connection between the symbol of fish and scriptures is “somewhat obscure.”  It might connect to the story in Luke Chapter 24 where Jesus is eating a piece of … Continue reading →

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Where Did They Go?

Posted on July 27, 2017 by richrockwood

I was recently thinking about all the days that have slipped from the future through the present and are now in “the past.” On my birthday this past June my day count was 26,280. Where did all those experiences and … Continue reading →

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A Full Feeling

Posted on July 10, 2017 by richrockwood

Over this past weekend, my wife and I opened our house to a college buddy and his wife whom I have known for over fifty years. They flew into town for the celebration of another couple we know who were … Continue reading →

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