by Benjamin | Oct 23, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Heroes and Champions, Reflective, Video Games
The Flower That Bloomed in the Ruins Cloud awakens. Above him, a large hole in the church roof, one he created in his fall from the Sector 5 plate after his fight with the Airbuster. Having landed on a bed of flowers, he looks around. A woman gazes at him with deep...
by Benjamin | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Heroes and Champions, Reflective, Video Games
The Garden Before the Rescue Cloud’s footsteps echo softly through the moonlit garden of Elmyra’s home. No music, no words, just the crunch of gravel beneath his boots as the cool night air hangs heavy with unspoken grief. At the edge of a small hill, he spots Tifa...
by Benjamin | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Films, Heroes and Champions, Reflective
The scent of food draws them in, rich, savoury, irresistible. “Hey, you smell that?” Akio asks, eyes wide. “Yeah, and I’m starving,” Yuko replies, already chasing the aroma. The street is quiet. Too quiet. He calls out, but no one answers. Laid out before them are...
by Benjamin | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Films, Heroes and Champions, Reflective
There he was, battered, bloodied, and breathless, collapsed in the shadows of Mount Doom. Frodo Baggins, the Ring-bearer, had finally reached the end. Not the end of his quest, but the end of himself. The weight of the One Ring had drained every last flicker of...
by Benjamin | Jun 23, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Reflective, Video Games
The axe hits the tree. The camera pulls back. A son watches. A father mourns. A god tries to forget. This is not the Kratos we remember, yet this is the Kratos we need. In God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarok (2022), we witness one of the most powerful...
by Benjamin | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog, Encouraging, Films, Heroes and Champions, Reflective
“Everything the light touches is our kingdom.”: Mufasa, The Lion King The sun rises over the Pride Lands. Light spills across the savannah as antelopes leap, giraffes bow, and lions roar in reverence. At the center of it all stands a king—not just any king, but a...
