A Little From the Abstract: My Place on the Mountain

by | Sep 26, 2021 | Ben's Blog

I have this vision. Wanna See?I have this idea in mind of me at a place that I have always dreamed about. I am up on a hill, which is not unfamiliar to me. This hill comes with its own history. This is part dream and part recollection. This place comes from a time...

So, You Had A Setback?

by | Sep 25, 2021 | Ben's Blog

I read somewhere that Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything. I think about names like Gates and Disney, or writers like Stephen King or JK Rowling. I bring this up because if anyone were to search for the top most successful failures, these...

Lost in Thoughts

by | Sep 24, 2021 | Ben's Blog

I am about to get in my car and head north, wide-eyed and thinking. I am wondering about this. I am wondering about life and the positions we have that interconnect to other people in all ways under the sun. I am unsure why people are the way they are; although, in...

Day Four of Five

by | Sep 23, 2021 | Ben's Blog

There is a line from a movie that I remember very clearly. I remember this because at war, there is one tool for survival. At war, there is only one machine to keep you alive. In the movie, there is a boot camp scene where the soldiers lay in their bunks and recite,...

Allies over Enemies

by | Sep 22, 2021 | Ben's Blog

I am writing to you from an undisclosed location in a hotel room that is located in a state, which is south of my own city. This is day three of a five day class in which some of the information is new to me. Most of the material is something I have either learned...