Featured Stories Issue #41
Selected stories from 9,300 writers supporting 93,000+ readers on ILLUMINATION

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Please enjoy these informative, engaging, and interesting stories.
Viktor Marchev
Why The Micro-Dosing Benefits Could Only Be A Placebo Effect
A recently published UK-based research suggests that the effects of micro-dosing on LSD or psilocybin might just be an…medium.com
Karen Madej
If I Were the Owner of Medium, I Would Reprogram Alan the Algorithm
To distribute stories Chosen for Further Distribution, because it obviously doesn’t at the moment.medium.com
Britni Pepper
Here’s a Published Author Asking You to Make him Better
As a writer, I mean. He’s not looking for a constipation cure, but if you want to talk about it, he’s all ears.medium.com
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Introducing New Writers
We are onboarding new contributors joining ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book…medium.com
Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
Spring Is Coming, Spring Is Coming!
March madness: walking the parkmedium.com
Annick Batamuliza
Dance
A tale about freedommedium.com
Jacquelyn Lynn
My Medium Weekly Roundup
Here’s what I published this week and a few stories by others that I enjoyedmedium.com
Warren Brown
When Mortals Gaze at Gods
Nature is the Canvas of the Godsmedium.com
Terry Mansfield
Little Kids’ Funny Quotes
We can always count on some good laughs from our little ones.medium.com
Midori by the Sea
Hannah Acquaah
Self-Care: Journal Writing
The Essential Habit Everyone Should Practice Day After Daymedium.com
Dr. Fatima Imam
Love to Hate
A poem: Siblings Daymedium.com
Naba K.
5 Life-Changing Lessons That a 4-Year-Old Taught Me
Sometimes these little kids teach us big lessons.medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
Bill Maher’s Latest Commentary Made Me Really Sad About Being Sad
Sad movies during a sad time. That was the point. Time to do something about thatmedium.com
Gary Westfal
Live a Life of Integrity
A Reflective Evaluationmedium.com
Bill Abbate
What Is It You “Ought to Do” in Your Life before You Get Too Old?
How to have less regret later in your lifemedium.com
Stephen Dalton
There are so many diets available to lose weight, but are they all healthy?
I read someone joked about Keto followers will take a slice of bacon, add a lump of mayo, sprinkle it with cheese, and…medium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
The Sandwich
A piquant haikumedium.com
Ada LLoyd
Fear Regret More Than You Fear Failure
3 Fears That Will Haunt Your Progressmedium.com
Gokhan Polat ☀️
A Good Career Advice!
Catch the change…medium.com
Keith Hill
Jane Roberts, Seth and the matrix
What is our identity — really?medium.com
paulmartincurry
How Are You Holding Up?
a mini poem about not dealing with depressionmedium.com
GrayMatter
One Ton Raindrop
A Haikumedium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 11
Abdication, Abduction, and Aborted Missionmedium.com
Subashini Nachimuthu
Darling Dark
Night in all its Pridemedium.com
JJ Sum
How Talking to Strangers Saved my Well-being
Parents and guardians strongly advise their young ones not to talk to strangers. It is even treated more like a law…medium.com
Shreejit Sudhakaran
I Found My Tribe—Finally
3 ways you know you’ve found yoursmedium.com
Charlene Marron
Catch & Release
A Fibonacci poem about cat and mouse anticsmedium.com
Aldric Chen
90% Of Us Know That Having 1 Day Job Is No Longer Enough For A Living.
Some people deserve a lot of respect.medium.com
Hailey Chantalle
The Pressures of Being the Oldest Sibling
And how it affected my personalitymedium.com
Brenda Mahler
Writing is as Easy as Baking Cookies
An analogy to explain the writing processmedium.com
Markus Scorelius
The Impossible Escape: Life in the People’s Republic of Kalifornia
My American POV: Does your bubble look out on the same world as mine?medium.com
Myriam Ben Salem🦋
Do you tend to look “up” or “down”?
I tend not to be attached to neither the down — my past — nor the up — my future.medium.com
Lena Lojanica
We are all stuck in a time loop paradox
Social media is holding you backmedium.com
Carla Woody
The Esoteric Art of Mystic Hilma af Klint
There’s a good chance you haven’t heard of Hilma af Klint unless you’ve been to a show or seen articles on the flurry…medium.com
Charles Edric Co
Of Reading Popular Chinese Novel
The author shares insights he gained on the beliefs and values of people in China after reading popular Chinese novels.medium.com
Adam Reich
Recycling Attempts Won’t Solve Overconsumption Even if You Do It Right
Includes my final solution to the plastic problemmedium.com
Dee Adams
Why a Children’s Game Led a Veteran Teacher to Leave the Profession
Can Teaching Letters Be Racist?medium.com
Katherine M. Gamble
Endings and Beginnings
Sometimes I catch myself thinking about the goodbye when I am introduced to someone with a hello. I feel like I’m…medium.com
Fred: Almost Famous
This Complete List of Stories is All You Need
FINDING A STORY IS EASY WITH THIS SIMPLE SELECTION TOOLmedium.com
Sabah Ismail✨
6 Things to Remember if You’re Feeling Lost this Ramadan
Once upon a time, these were the things I needed to hear myselfmedium.com
Jay Horne
Words Speak Louder than Words
There are more words for Dummy in the English language than there are for Genius… Let that sink in.medium.com
Daniel Asuquo
Be the You You Want to Be
and you don’t have to worry how your children turn outmedium.com
Abrar Masum
$300 Savings And My Startup Journey
You don’t need huge savings to startmedium.com
Ashley Carino
5 Ways to Make Spring Cleaning Fun !
It’s springtime and the sun is shining, the nice crisp breeze is coming through your windows as soon as you open them.medium.com
Tracey Folly
Do You Really Love Your Family or Just Tolerate Them?
You probably love some of your relatives while everyone else is on shaky groundmedium.com
Mary Ann Sona
Never Managed Your Finances? Here’s Where You Can Start
Do this and get on track with your money management ASAPmedium.com
JGS
Pascha Wars
A poem for Russia, Ukraine and Belarusmedium.com
K. Barrett
Submerged Feelings Don’t Heal
They have to come to the surface — Day 11 #NatPoWriMomedium.com
Rose Blog
The paradigm shifts of life
How changes could affect our lives and more information.medium.com
Azja Delana
What’s Something Teachers Said To Me
That I will never forgetmedium.com
Mila
My Friend Didn’t Get A Job Because He is Not “Pushy” Enough
When did being “pushy ”become a good skill?medium.com
Tracey Folly
The Rule That Taught Me to Stop Caring What Other People Think
Unsolicited advice and opinions are just a form of adult bullyingmedium.com
Mark Magorrian
5 Adorable Animals That Are Actually Deadly
Think twice before you give these animals a cuddlemedium.com
Courtenay S. Gray
An Open Letter To The Philosophically Stifled
Expressing my frustrations with those who deem philosophy boring and uselessmedium.com
Anthony Jackson
Some Facts About Sunflowers
That you probably didn’t knowmedium.com
Jeff Herring
Lessons Learned at a Suicide Hotline
12 universal laws for suicide preventionmedium.com
Vee Goldman
To Trust In Others
When It’s Time To Let Gomedium.com
Khadejah Jones
3 Hard Truths That Gary Vaynerchuck Made Me Accept in Life at 20 Years Old
Everything finally clicked.medium.com
Julie Artz
On Wildness, an Invocation
Rediscovering that buried ember in trying timesmedium.com
Dr. Preeti Singh
Inhaling Positivity and Exhaling Negativity For A Joyous Life
Breathing brings calm and peace to your life and balances your mental health.medium.com
Trapper Sherwood
How Focus Can Simply Help Grow Business
Boost Your focus With These Tipsmedium.com
Brooke Ramey Nelson
Bill Abbate
How to Know Yourself Better and Why It Is Important in Your Life
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotlemedium.com
Floyd Mori
Graduations Are Special Occasions
They recognize achievementmedium.com
Melanie J.
Crazy Little Twittle
Haiku Saved The Day — My Superpowermedium.com
Terry Trueman
The Default Smut-Position
Most men will recognize this, if they are honestmedium.com
Rose Blog
Growth Mindset From Reading
How it affects my life and became a habit?medium.com
Tree Langdon
Don’t Enter Into a Blended Family Relationship Lightly
Be supportive but not intrusive.medium.com
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