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  • The Ascent of the Steady Heart

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Ascent of the Steady Heart The Encounter The building was an architectural paradox, a cathedral of movement where the floor didn’t simply exist — it climbed. I stepped onto a motorized path that tilted higher the further I walked. To my left, a traditional staircase overflowed with people sprinting upward,…

  • Finding What Brings You Joy 2

    Written by Dennis Harvell Finding What Brings You Joy 2 I am learning to enjoy my life as it is, not as some idealized version of what I think it should be. I’ve embraced the reality of getting older: the gray hair, the new wrinkles, the joints that ache a little more than they used…

  • The Look That Stayed With Me

    The Look That Stayed With Me “…Sometimes, when I’d turn the music down and ask her to keep it quiet, she’d look at me with a distant, tired sadness — the same look she gave me years earlier on Washington Avenue when she knelt in front of the refrigerator and glanced over at me with…

  • The Power of Perspective

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Power of Perspective Every time I feel a complaint rising up, I’m reminded of a simple, grounding truth: it could always be worse. Lately, I’ve been leaning into gratitude over grumbling. In a spiritual sense, I’ve realized that complaining is often just a lack of trust in the bigger picture.…

  • The Small Pivot

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Small Pivot ☕ We often glorify monumental shifts—the dramatic career change or the complete life overhaul. But true, sustainable growth often comes from the small pivot. It’s the decision you make to change your approach, the courage to admit a process isn’t working, or the quiet choice to start a…

  • Dreams Anthology: The Return — Chapter Thirteen

    The Path Back I found myself retracing steps I thought were long behind me. The forest, the river, the tower — each appeared again, but quieter, gentler, as if they were memories rather than trials. The journey was folding inward, guiding me home. The Familiar Streets I once crossed reappeared, but now they glowed with…

  • The Anatomy of the Collapse: How the Strongman Style Ends

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Anatomy of the Collapse: How the Strongman Style Ends To understand the end of any movement built on a single, charismatic personality, don’t look at the headlines. Look at the psychology of the “Strongman.” History shows us that these groups don’t die because followers “wake up”—they die because the internal…

  • The Invisible Man

    A quiet shift from being overlooked to reclaiming the center of your own life. Written by Dennis Harvell The Invisible Man A Reflection on Sovereignty and the Silent Shift Feeling invisible — especially within the sanctuary of your own family — is a uniquely heavy burden. It is a quiet ache, a slow erosion of…

  • The Ascent of the Unseen

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Ascent of the Unseen Act I: The Ascent The air was thick, like walking through water. I stood at the base of a stone staircase that defied logic—each step was too long, a brutal stretch that turned a simple climb into an exhausting trek. My old rhythm was broken. This…

  • Dreams Anthology: The Duplicate Drive

    Written by Dennis Harvell The Duplicate Drive A Loop Wearing a New Coat of Paint The sun hung in the sky like a surveillance light—bright, fixed, and unblinking. Its glare bounced off the hood of my second red car, a perfect twin of the one already sitting in my garage. Same body. Same shine. Same…