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Hello, World Hi guys, How's your day today? I hope I'm catching you at a good time. I'm just getting my feet wet here on read.cash, and I wanted to just say hello and introduce myself. So here goes... How I found y'all I learned about read.cash over on Publish0x where I write about crypto. It's cool there. I've had lots of fun since I started writing in September 2021, and so, when I read that some of the other writers were also creating a presence on this platform, I…
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It's OK to burn bridges to a toxic past Guys, Have you ever heard the saying, *don't burn your bridges*? It's like one of those age old adages, almost near proverbial status, with the author or authors unknown. In this case, I am led to understand that the saying burn your bridges had its roots in ancient Rome where it was a tactic during warfare to burn one's bridges and boats in an attempt to cut the enemy off. In modern terms, however, burning bridges has become more of a…
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Better today than yesterday Hi guys, I've been thinking about personal growth, and these are my thoughts. I think that in life, change is inevitable, and as people we all change, but it doesn't mean that we all *grow,* and even when we *do* grow, it doesn't mean that we're gonna grow at the same pace or even at the same time. In fact, to the contrary, I think that it is important for us to appreciate and expect that, as individuals, we will each grow at different paces and…
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#ValentineDayChallenge2022: You Made Me Whole Again A love letter to my husband I love you everything, I love you whole. When we met 17 years ago, I'd already been broken into so many tiny, little pieces, I didn't think it was possible to be whole again. I had loved and suffered severe loss and had endured tragedy that ate at my soul so that I existed, but I was empty. Nothing held true meaning for me. And then I met you. What are the odds that we would meet in a crowd,…
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Thank you for the support @francis105d1 and @Mictorrani, signing on as my very first sponsors on read.cash! I truly appreciate your encouragement. It is my hope to continue to consistently develop and publish content on this platform, and to push myself to produce quality work. Thank you again! Much appreciated.
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Finding Beauty in Little Things I had a visitor one morning while I was watering my flower bed. He was quiet and unobtrusive, camouflaged among the leaves, and I thought the framing made for a beautiful picture which I am pleased to share with you guys on read.cash. Can you spot him? I was pleased to capture and share a pic of my garden with my friendly visitor, of course, but that morning, as I looked at him just lying there and musing among my flowers, I thought also of…
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Thank you @BCH_LOVER for your support and sponsorship. Your kindness and encouragement as a sponsor has made it easier for me in my efforts to become a blogger, and so I hope that I can bring to you great stories that can entertain and, perhaps, even inspire. I appreciate this a lot! Have a great day.
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Finding clarity in solitude Sometimes life can be hectic. It's not that hectic when you're a kid and your only concern is to have fun and experience the world around you, but as you grow older, life can come at you fast. And as you are confronted with the responsibilities of adult living, things can snowball really quickly. You'd probably wake up one morning, startled awake by the thought that those life skills your lecturers droned on about, e.g. time management, are no…
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Be the friend you want to have In my introductory post here on read.cash, I confessed to you guys that I guard my space jealously. As such, I can be very chatty, very garrulous, the life of the party if I wanted to be, but at heart, I am an introvert. My favorite time and place is alone. My favorite pastime is reading and I do not find joy in activities that force me to step away from my shell. And I don't think this is because I'm antisocial, not really. It's more because I…
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A little patience, A lot of success This is just a quick hang in there note of encouragement to other writers who, like me, are just learning to navigate the read.cash platform. Writing for others is perhaps the most thrilling and yet humbling pastime. There's nothing to cut you down a few pegs than the possibility that your readers won't connect with your work. So these are some things to bear in mind, some things I have even had to remind myself of these past weeks. Be…
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A mistake can become a beautiful design Guys, it's Sunday morning in these parts, so I just wanted to check in for a quick hello, and to share with you another picture of one of plants. This is actually the result of an accident. A friend once told me that a mistake can become a beautiful design, and I agree with her. These two plants are growing beautifully together and they came together quite by chance. Here's what happened. In our home, we had a pot of dirt in which we…
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A Valentine's Post for My Mom I've heard it tell that Valentine's Day is not just for romantic love, but a day where we can show love and appreciation for everyone who holds a special place in our hearts. My mom also means the world to me, she has sacrificed a lot to raise me, overcoming a lot of odds including financial constraints and poverty, to contribute to my growth and success, and so today, even as I spend time with my partner, I am going to dedicate this post to her…
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Why Paying Homage is Important Wherever you are in the world, chances are pretty good that you may have stepped on this country's soil though you may have never travelled here. You may not even have heard of these parts, and it's quite likely many of you cannot immediately and independently identify it on a map, even if your life depended on it. It's okay though, we're usually cool sports about it, and many of us embrace the opportunity to positively share about our land,…
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Never stop Dreaming Guys, this evening I have a terrible migraine. I do not know the reason. It could be a stress or tension headache, it could be that I've been looking at the computer screen for too long, I don't know, but for much of the evening I've been lying in the dark, under heavy blankets, and praying for the moment to pass. Migraine headaches are the worst. If I were to describe it, it feels like someone or something has my brain in a vice grip and is squeezing…
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Guys, I'd like to thank my newest sponsor, @Unity, for a very, very generous contribution to my work! I've met @Unity on read.cash in the past couple days and not only has he offered financial support, but he has also provided consistent feedback for my work and all round support to writers in the form of guides to be successful. I am so honored that he has taken this step in support of my journey!
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Why I Support First Time Writers on read.cash The first day I attended classes in high school, I got there late and the entire experience was daunting. I walked onto a huge school compound, way bigger than my middle school, was greeted by a security guard whose friendly smile looked like alligator teeth, and was ushered to a classroom of strange students who all seemed to stare at me with judging eyes. This, of course, was all in my head, only my imagination, but it felt…
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Which Wolf Would You Feed? Confession guys, back in the day, I hated competitions. I hated them because I am, by nature, extremely competitive and I hated to lose. In fact, there was a time when I would run pell mell in the opposite direction at just the thought of competing. Why then, you may wonder, do I enter competitions today? Well, it's because I have learned over the years that sometimes it's actually good to lose, you can't win everything all the time, and you can't…
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Life Lessons You Can Learn From A Baby Babies are adorable, aren't they? They're cute and cuddly and soft and fragile, and you'd think that because they are just beginning to experience the world that you've occupied for years, that maybe they might not be able to teach you anything, but interestingly enough, there's a lot that we can learn from babies. Here are a few key things: Love Unconditionally After their first startled cry, babies experience the world with a fresh…
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The snake in my bed I once woke up to a snake in my bed and wrote a poem about it. Here's what happened. When I was growing up, my mom lived with my step dad in a small house on the edge of a large swathe of undeveloped land. Behind our home, there were a lot of huge trees and tall bushes, and because we lived so close to this virgin land, we often saw an inordinate amount of wild animals in our backyard as well. Sometimes some of these animals got into our home. One night,…
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Old age is a beautiful blessing Old age is a stage in our existence to aspire to and to celebrate. It's a period where we are supposed to become repositories of not just experience but also maturity and wisdom. The elderly have witnessed and contributed to the shaping of the world. They have seen society evolve in many ways, and they are expected to impart what they have learned as a guide for the rest of us. Japanese Jiroemon Kimura, who passed away at age 116 in 2013, once…
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Good Fathers make Great Men Parenthood is a huge step. It is a stage in life that extends well beyond procreation. It is a responsibility that should not be taken for granted, and I firmly believe that this stage should only be embarked upon when one is emotionally, spiritually and mentally prepared for all that it entails. Traditionally, in some societies, the actual care for the children in a home has been relegated to the wife and mother with the father assuming the…
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Take Pride in Living Honestly We must take pride in honest living, even if living honestly means a humble life. Many times we are driven by a desire for material acquisitions because we want to meet society's standards for wealth. We want to be wealthy or, at the very least to be counted among those in the professional upper middle class, and cannot countenance the thought of financial poverty. This some view as a shame, and there are those who would auction off their…
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Fierce Female Characters dominate in Vikings: Valhalla I’ve just finished watching the TV series, Vikings: Valhalla and I LOVE it! Confession, I have a weakness for historical dramas, and this action packed story filled with plot twists and fierce female leads was worth binge watching. **Spoiler alert ahead!** **Synopsis** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi4YnwFT7Gk Vikings: Valhalla, which premiered on Netflix on February 22nd, 2022, is a historical drama series created by…