by kimmel1972 | Aug 11, 2021 | Ben's Blog
They say you catch more bees with honey—or is it more flies? Or does the point have nothing to do with flies or bees at all?Be nice, they say. Be you, they tell us. But does anyone offer this? I have come here to undress (so-to-speak) in the sense that what I am about...
by kimmel1972 | Aug 10, 2021 | Ben's Blog
And so—There is this word, which I am about to discuss, and yet, this is a word that no one likes to talk about. Then again, who would?Who wants to talk about words like disappointment or worse, who wants to talk about discouragement? Even though we all feel it; we...
by kimmel1972 | Aug 9, 2021 | Ben's Blog
As I sit with my dog, I am thinking about a line taken from Mark Twain that reads:“Man is the only animal that blushes — or needs to.”I am thinking about the wholesomeness of his love, my dog, and the way he looks at me. He is an old dog. He does not run or jump the...
by kimmel1972 | Aug 8, 2021 | Ben's Blog
There they are. See them?These are the kids today and someday, they will inherit the earth. By the way, you are part of this and so am I. We are all a part of this. But either way, I see them.They are at the starting line of a new life. They are young and hopeful....
by kimmel1972 | Aug 7, 2021 | Ben's Blog
What I am about to reveal is designed to be helpful to those who have faced a certain uncertainty in which, they had no vision nor could they conceive their life in any other way. Therefore, this is written to those who have faced in their own way or in their own...