Watch this.
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Ben Franklin was at his zenith.
Aging fast and now legendary, when a young lad approached Ben, at one of his favorite watering holes
(Ben loved grog, stories and people and often passed his evenings in local joints)
So there was the ELECTRIC man who sprung electricity from his KITE...
The man who WROTE the maps for the FIRST United States POST OFFICE...
The mind behind POOR RICHARDS Almanacs...
The contributor to the United States Declaration of PEACE...
And the one who wrote many TREATIES against slavery.
And the young lad, not more than 23 and whom weighed not more than a thin glass of water, approached Franklin and asked, "what shall I write first, I am a writer."
And BF replied, "start with a poem and if that arrests your imagination, simply begin writing daily in your own journal."
The YOUNG man liked not that reply and blurted, "a Poem!"
and Ben sit and stared for a minute and said, "Just a poem."
The lad continued, who was obviously taken aback by such a SIMPLE idea and said,
"why just a poem, you WROTE maps, you wrote POOR RICHARDS Almanac and you contributed
to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!"
and Franklin's reply was classic Ben Franklin
He said, "ah, but I never had to ASK anyone what I should write!"
Think about it. How deep is that...
The defining difference between the HIGH and low man is one VOTED for himself, while everyone else sought other SELVES to give them direction.
You just gotta VOTE yourself forward.
ASK no one for permission.
You don't have to get it right, you just gotta get it going...
Peace
XOXO
THE Shelly Allen
PS - YOU can get it going HERE
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Ben Franklin was at his zenith.
Aging fast and now legendary, when a young lad approached Ben, at one of his favorite watering holes
(Ben loved grog, stories and people and often passed his evenings in local joints)
So there was the ELECTRIC man who sprung electricity from his KITE...
The man who WROTE the maps for the FIRST United States POST OFFICE...
The mind behind POOR RICHARDS Almanacs...
The contributor to the United States Declaration of PEACE...
And the one who wrote many TREATIES against slavery.
And the young lad, not more than 23 and whom weighed not more than a thin glass of water, approached Franklin and asked, "what shall I write first, I am a writer."
And BF replied, "start with a poem and if that arrests your imagination, simply begin writing daily in your own journal."
The YOUNG man liked not that reply and blurted, "a Poem!"
and Ben sit and stared for a minute and said, "Just a poem."
The lad continued, who was obviously taken aback by such a SIMPLE idea and said,
"why just a poem, you WROTE maps, you wrote POOR RICHARDS Almanac and you contributed
to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!"
and Franklin's reply was classic Ben Franklin
He said, "ah, but I never had to ASK anyone what I should write!"
Think about it. How deep is that...
The defining difference between the HIGH and low man is one VOTED for himself, while everyone else sought other SELVES to give them direction.
You just gotta VOTE yourself forward.
ASK no one for permission.
You don't have to get it right, you just gotta get it going...
Peace
XOXO
THE Shelly Allen
PS - YOU can get it going HERE
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