by kimmel1972 | Nov 24, 2021 | Ben's Blog
I would like to believe that I would never forget and that above all, I will always remember who I am and where I come from. I would like to believe that I will never forget what it took me to get to this point, which has nothing to do with success, least of all a...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 23, 2021 | Ben's Blog
I am sure we all agree that awareness comes in time. I am also sure that awareness comes in stages. For example, I was more aware of my surroundings when I was younger. I was more aware of fashion and flash and glory. I was a younger person in search of thrill and...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 22, 2021 | Ben's Blog
I was standing outside of my hotel room in the early hours of the morning. My body was on New York time but my location was Los Angeles, California. This was one of my first trips out to L.A. which was more like a dream to me. I was partly awake because my body was...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 21, 2021 | Ben's Blog
After losing a considerable amount of weight, I loaded up a backpack with the same amount of weight that I lost. Then put this on my back. I walked around for a while and felt the weight that I had lost. I did this to realize how much weight was gone and after...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 20, 2021 | Ben's Blog
Of course, I have a past . . . We all do. I suppose the trick is to identify this instead of this identify me because at one point, I believed that my past is what defined me. I believed that my past is what connected me to a stigma that would never allow me to move...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 19, 2021 | Ben's Blog
I am watching the sunrise from my window (again)The colors of orange and purple amaze me at times like this. The clouds mix in and take the different colors under its belly. There are leaves on the ground and the autumn has taken most of the foliage. But still, the...