I Finally Saw the Barbie Film Two Years After it Came Out & I Have Some Thoughts About Mature, Healthy Masculinity & How Anybody Can be “Kenough”
After seeing the Barbie film, I thought I’d share some thoughts about what I think mature, healthy masculinity looks like. I’ll briefly discuss why men can be reckless & aggressive, what drives men to be ‘men,’ and how anyone, not just men, can find internal peace & balance – the key to happiness. I also give some of my top book recommendations on the subject, plus some of my favorite quotes on how to be a better man.
“What if Our Universe & the Dream World Are the Same Thing?…” My Thoughts About Why We Dream at Night (Part II of II)
This is the second & final part of my blog series that explains why we have dreams. Using an analogy of a glass jar to represent our body, I explain that consciousness is contained by each of our glass jars, but that the jars aren’t always closed, which results in many different scenarios for our consciousness, including having “dreams.”
Short Story: “The Young Artist Who Painted the Portrait of the Ugly, Scarred Woman” (Part I of III)
This is Part I of a three-part short story series that takes place in Paris, 1857, and is about a young artist who receives a letter from the friend of a former client, and agrees to meet his correspondent for dinner to discuss a job opportunity about painting the portrait of a mysterious, ‘ugly’ woman.
“What if Our Universe & the Dream World Are the Same Thing?…” My Thoughts About Why We Dream at Night (Part I of II)
This is my introductory blog post about why I believe we have dreams when we sleep, and how dreams may hold the answer to some of life’s greatest questions, such as what is time, space, the entire universe, and souls. But this requires us to first understand what our consciousness is, then we can begin to understand what dreams are and why we have them.
How I Randomly Ended Up in a Small College Town in Virginia, Then Decided to Move There
This is one of my most serendipitous blog posts where I discuss how a death in my family caused me to randomly end up in a small college town called Blacksburg, Virginia, which I completely fell in love with! I decided to use the power of manifestation to provide me a job opportunity that allowed me to move there and start a new chapter of my life.
Short Story: “The Ghost I Saw at My Father’s House During the Spanish Influenza of 1918”
This is a short story that takes place during the Pandemic of 1918, about a young man named Everett Healey who travels home from college to take care of his ill father. Upon arriving home, an old friend tells him that people have been seeing a ghost roaming around the woods recently, then Everett encounters this ghost himself.
Short Story: “The Night I Met My Twin Flame at an Art Show in Brooklyn” (Part II of II)
The final short story in this series, Part II is about Lexi and her “twin flame” Jamal deciding to take a powerful psychedelic drug that allows their souls to travel back in time to their recent past life when they were brother and sister in an Amazonian tribe. Then their souls continue their journey beyond time and space and they end up in a whole other universe outside of our own.
Short Story: “The Night I Met My Twin Flame at an Art Show in Brooklyn” (Part I of II)
This is Part I of a two-part, short story series, where a young woman named Lexi receives a text message from an unknown number, inviting her to attend an art show in Brooklyn happening that evening. She decides to attend the show and meets a man named Jamal who restores a special power that she lost long ago and tells her that he was her brother in a past life. They reconnect and end up having one of best nights of their life.
Short Story: “Trying to Have Sex with My Ex, Over Zoom, During the Pandemic”
This is a fun and raunchy short story that I wrote…
Synopsis: With everyone forced to stay at home during the beginning of the pandemic, a young, horny man named Rione reaches out to his ex-girlfriend Ana over Zoom in hopes of having a little bit of sex with her.
Short Story: “The Prisoner Who’s Stuck in a Time Loop”
This is one of my most interesting and mind-bending short stories yet, which is told over a series of letters…
Synopsis: A young inmate named Freddy writes letters to his girlfriend Rayna, suspecting that time may actually be looping itself in the prison that he’s in.
One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Fix America’s Systemic Racism & Inequalities
In this post I briefly discuss a few ways that I’m trying to help fix the systemic racism and inequality problems in America, but it will require all of us to work together to fix these issues that have been plaguing our nation for a very long time.
“When the World Seems Upside Down How Do You Stay Right-Side Up?” 4 Ways to Persevere During COVID-19
I wrote this blog post to give you some hope, as well as some tips on how you can stay resilient during our unprecedented, global pandemic.
Kendall Beaver 