Featured Stories Issue #50
Selected stories from 9,400 writers supporting 93,600+ readers on ILLUMINATION
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Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATIONmedium.com
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Random Selections From ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Random Selections From ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
A quick taste to book loversmedium.com
Published authors are invited to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Published authors are invited to ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
So are aspiring writers who want to create manuscripts.medium.com
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month
How To Create A 30,000 Words E-book In A Month
Practical steps to produce a manuscript with 1,000-word a daymedium.com
Megan Holstein
Getting Married in a Plantation Home is Not Okay
Getting Married in a Plantation Home is Not Okay
The racism should be obvious, but for some reason, it’s notmedium.com
Bill Abbate
Life Is One Big Chance until It Finally Happens
Life Is One Big Chance until It Finally Happens
Will you take a chance that can change your life?medium.com
Sarah V
Is data vis only for the creative?
Is data vis only for the creative?
I’ve wanted to be a creative person my whole life, but it just doesn’t seem to be in the cards. I tried all kinds of…medium.com
Prasanniya
The easy way to success is within our reach.
The easy way to success is within our reach.
I was wondering what winning means. What is it for me?medium.com
Will Fulton
This One Word Will Make You A Millionaire
This One Word Will Make You A Millionaire
It’s something we all have access tomedium.com
Juliano Righetto
The Time I Played a National Championship Without Knowing the Sport’s Rules
The Time I Played a National Championship Without Knowing the Sport’s Rules
The embarrassment was not more significant because I am not stupid.medium.com
Brian Dickens Barrabee
A Compliment That Will Please Any Partner
A Compliment That Will Please Any Partner
Ever feel that the person with whom you have a relationship responds more negatively to criticism than positively to…medium.com
Valerie King
Why You Shouldn’t Live Like You’re Dying
Why You Shouldn’t Live Like You’re Dying
“Carpe Diem” is an overrated mantra.medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
Writing on Medium: My Sunday Ritual That Helps Enormously
Writing on Medium: My Sunday Ritual That Helps Enormously
I’m in my sixth month of wiring on Medium, and have developed a little routine that helps to keep my mind and writing…medium.com
Terry Mansfield
No Cure
No Cure
A medical diagnosis haiku poemmedium.com
Ian Vanderlinden
Long-Distance Relationships and the Pandemic — 7 Tips on How to Flourish
Long-Distance Relationships and the Pandemic — 7 Tips on How to Flourish
What I have learned over the past year in an LDR.medium.com
Jade M.
Medium Vs. Vocal
Medium Vs. Vocal
It Wasn’t Even Close For Memedium.com
Dee Adams
The Monopoly Game Board
The Monopoly Game Board
Racist Symbol or Teaching Tool?medium.com
James Williams
The Responses I Got From a Software Developer Candidate That Made Me Hire Him
The Responses I Got From a Software Developer Candidate That Made Me Hire Him
Software developer interviews are tragicomedies.medium.com
Joshua Cronkhite
Productivity Means Doing Less, Not More
Productivity Means Doing Less, Not More
There is a reason so much of what you’ve read isn’t working.medium.com
Tavian Jean-Pierre
It Is Time to Stop Telling Black People They Are Oppressed
It Is Time to Stop Telling Black People They Are Oppressed
The Facts Tell Us We Can Thrive, Not Just Survivemedium.com
S. Viktorie Chladova
5 Reasons Why You May Feel Like You Don’t Belong
5 Reasons Why You May Feel Like You Don’t Belong
And have no friends.medium.com
Marcel Badia
Attracting Talent Through Leadership
Attracting Talent Through Leadership
Being a leader is not about giving orders, a leader lead by example and guide employees the right waymedium.com
George Lamptey
Dinner Party In Paris
Dinner Party In Paris
Silver ambience
A colourful air of grace
Auras of different characters
It was not through language
But bodily…medium.com
Rob Stux
The difference between a winner and a loser.
The difference between a winner and a loser.
A loser thinks linearly — a winner thinks in systems.medium.com
j.calabrese
It begins with One
It begins with One
and becomes Manymedium.com
◦•●Christina M. Ward ●•◦
Poetry with Onomatopoeia
Poetry with Onomatopoeia
a few examplesmedium.com
Delilah Brass
Adam Toledo: When Will America Learn?
Adam Toledo: When Will America Learn?
Everyone’s focus is yet again on another police shooting. Mine is on the Second Amendment.medium.com
paulmartincurry
It’s just the Hypoalgesic Effect
It’s just the Hypoalgesic Effect
a poem about anguish and adrenalinemedium.com
Elle How
About Me
Warren Brown
Universal WiFi Available
Universal WiFi Available
Connecting you to the celestial world and beyondmedium.com
Nkeonye Judith Izuka
This Is a Tribute to My Dad
This Is a Tribute to My Dad
“Fathers lead their children down the path to adulthood in the hopes they leap beyond the boundaries and forge new…medium.com
Keri Mangis
Thoughts On Freedom
Thoughts On Freedom
About speaking truth, cultural conditioning, and lots of practicemedium.com
Ada LLoyd
STOP Thinking More Affordable Housing Will Solve Homelessness
STOP Thinking More Affordable Housing Will Solve Homelessness
Look For Innovative Solutions Insteadmedium.com
Paul Douglas
Now You’re Gone
Now You’re Gone
A poemmedium.com
Carole Olsen
Dealing With the Scars From a Drunken Mother
Dealing With the Scars From a Drunken Mother
My decision to get help and change saved me.medium.com
Terry Trueman
Three-way*
Three-way*
And yes, the title means exactly what you think, a look back at my first 3-way sex-capade.medium.com
Donnette Anglin
Stay True to “Why,” You Write Amongst the Noise
Stay True to “Why,” You Write Amongst the Noise
Success in writing is different for everyone.medium.com
Paul Douglas
What Medium Means To Me
What Medium Means To Me
How my expectations and outlook changed regarding the platformmedium.com
Gal Mux
Katherine Jackson: The Woman To Emulate
Katherine Jackson: The Woman To Emulate
A great parent is like a strong pillar. Supporting the weight of their children and the weight of the people whose…medium.com
William J Spirdione
Smile
Elio D’Anna
Certainty
Certainty
Success is inside youmedium.com
Gary Buzzard
Three Important Rules I’ve Learned From 76 Years Of Living
Three Important Rules I’ve Learned From 76 Years Of Living
A message of hope and optimism from a grateful boomer to Generation X, Y, and Zmedium.com
Alan Dinelka
Situations That Will Allow You To See Through Your ‘Friends’
Situations That Will Allow You To See Through Your ‘Friends’
Friendship is all about mutual trust and supportmedium.com
Sapna M
What is faith?
What is faith?
A complete trust or confidence in someone or something…medium.com
Luba Sigaud
What Finishing Two Degrees During a Pandemic Taught Me About Life
What Finishing Two Degrees During a Pandemic Taught Me About Life
Disappointment is an opportunity to count your blessings.medium.com
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 20
Day Tripping: April 20
A day for firstsmedium.com
Louis Petrik
Getting Up at 5 AM Might Be Horrible Advice
Getting Up at 5 AM Might Be Horrible Advice
Listen to scientists rather than productivity gurusmedium.com
Anna
8 Tips for Planning a Large Wedding On a Budget
8 Tips for Planning a Large Wedding On a Budget
You’ve got to be ruthless in order to splurge on your top priorities.medium.com
Alana Rister, Ph.D.
You Need to Choose Happiness Now
You Need to Choose Happiness Now
Your future situation will never bring it to youmedium.com
Liam Ireland
Wake Up America!
Wake Up America!
The world is watching, and we don’t like what we see.medium.com
Nishi Kashyap
23 American Slang Words That You Should Know As an English Learner
23 American Slang Words That You Should Know As an English Learner
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned English speaker, you’ll want to brush up on your command of these American…medium.com
the lady upstairs
Tik Tok baby mamas
Tik Tok baby mamas
Yes, I’m too old for Tik Tok. I know. I’m appropriately embarrassed.medium.com
Gokhan Polat ☀️
Military Strategy for Business
Military Strategy for Business
The art of survival and success in compelling environments…medium.com
Patrick M. Ohana
Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet
“Que Reste-t-il de nos amours”medium.com
Verbieann Hardy
One Side-effect of the Covid-19 Vaccination that I Ignored
One Side-effect of the Covid-19 Vaccination that I Ignored
Don’t underestimate pandemic stressmedium.com
Aldric Chen
Shoot Laughing Bombs. Not Discriminatory Shots!
Shoot Laughing Bombs. Not Discriminatory Shots!
I mean, because we are capable of dead serious humor.medium.com
Avana Lilly
First Trip to the Vet
First Trip to the Vet
A New Pet Parent’s Guide To Vet Readinessmedium.com
Yaman Ramadan
How To Overcome Crises At The Beginning Of Your Project?
How To Overcome Crises At The Beginning Of Your Project?
One of the biggest problems entrepreneurs face is the actual start-up process; Because there are many stages and steps…medium.com
Gippolito Ndp
I Found an Old Digital Camera That Documents Part of My 2011 Migration From West to East Coast
I Found an Old Digital Camera That Documents Part of My 2011 Migration From West to East Coast
I’d thought the vast majority of these photos were gone forever. May I share some of them with you? America, the…medium.com
Terry Mansfield
My First Book Has Been Published
My First Book Has Been Published
It’s now available on Amazon Kindle.medium.com
Vanessa Harrill
How Natural Vitamin D Improved My Battle With High Blood Pressure
How Natural Vitamin D Improved My Battle With High Blood Pressure
I am a relatively healthy female in my really late 40’s. Unfortunately, I have had an approximate 2-year-long history…medium.com
Matt Ray
Ocean Sailing
Ocean Sailing
A poem about sailing in a stormy open seamedium.com
Helena Pedersen
Memoirs Of An AirBnb Host: My 5 Most Memorable Guests
Memoirs Of An AirBnb Host: My 5 Most Memorable Guests
#1. Pube Manmedium.com
Ada LLoyd
Are You Going to Be Atop the Podium?
Are You Going to Be Atop the Podium?
Your Golden Key for Successful Personal Transformation Nowmedium.com
Ryan Justin
Maybe you’ll never reach your goals.
Maybe you’ll never reach your goals.
Perhaps ‘normality’ will be your highest ever achievement. A mediocre existence, the pinnacle of comfortable living.medium.com
vidzparu
The Master Pin: A Catalogue for All My Medium Articles
The Master Pin: A Catalogue for All My Medium Articles
Effectively Utilising the Pin Feature Of Mediummedium.com
Harold Finch
Shades of Grey
Shades of Grey
A Poemmedium.com
Rose Blog
5 ways to improve your focus
5 ways to improve your focus
Know what you want and learn from those.medium.com
EJY
7 Methods Leaders Must Take For Self Improvement
7 Methods Leaders Must Take For Self Improvement
Being superior to your fellow man is not noble; real nobility is superior to your former self.medium.com
Vaibhav Kalekar
I am : Dabbling in Hypocrisy
I am : Dabbling in Hypocrisy
Reflections of a mind retracing it’s stepsmedium.com
Khadejah Jones
3 Signs You Have Toxic Friends That Hate to See You Win
3 Signs You Have Toxic Friends That Hate to See You Win
They will bury you.medium.com
Fahim Chughtai
The Fear Of Traveling-Hodophobia
The Fear Of Traveling-Hodophobia
You can manage your irrational fear by applying these tipsmedium.com
Xin Xin
What Does Lofi Mean ?
What Does Lofi Mean ?
Lo Fi Music: My Secret to Focusing During Writing Sessionsmedium.com
Paola Perez
We Only Wanted Happiness, Freedom, And To Fulfill Our Dreams
We Only Wanted Happiness, Freedom, And To Fulfill Our Dreams
We are drowning in debt instead.medium.com
Azja Delana
How Is It Feel Breaking Fast Now
How Is It Feel Breaking Fast Now
Versus How was it feel beforemedium.com
Karen Madej
New Challenges Improve Your Skills
New Challenges Improve Your Skills
This goes for any activity you want to excel at and become proficientmedium.com
Terry L. Cooper
No, I Didn’t Just Have An Orgasm
No, I Didn’t Just Have An Orgasm
But my neighbors definitely think somedium.com
America Zed
Change The Lens
Change The Lens
A poem of perceptionmedium.com
Tree Langdon
Maryland Welcomes Entomophiles This Spring
Maryland Welcomes Entomophiles This Spring
Insect lovers look forward to emerging Cicada Magicicada.medium.com
Alex Boast
What do strangers mean to you?
What do strangers mean to you?
Love interests or lethal threatsmedium.com
Shawn Ingram
In the Woods
In the Woods
FLASH Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 30medium.com
Michael Hollifield
My Life On Tape
My Life On Tape
Not a blockbuster at this point but the reviews are still hopeful.medium.com
Sushmita Singh
Why I Don’t Promote My Work on Twitter Even Though I Want To
Why I Don’t Promote My Work on Twitter Even Though I Want To
I really don’t want to.medium.com
Marcus
And our souls emerge and our egos awake to our existence as spiritual beings — spiritual awakening…
And our souls emerge and our egos awake to our existence as spiritual beings — spiritual awakening…
Claire’s story eloquently captures the power of acceptance.medium.com
Michael Horner
The Conversation Surrounding Females Running Without Worry Should be an All Play
The Conversation Surrounding Females Running Without Worry Should be an All Play
We need to have this conversation today more than ever.medium.com
Ann Venkataraman
Leadership & Business Lessons From the Mahabharata
Leadership & Business Lessons From the Mahabharata
Evergreen Wisdom From Ancient Indiamedium.com
Jo Ann Harris
Why Do Bigfoot Hunters . . .
Why Do Bigfoot Hunters . . .
Is it really necessary and some other anecdotes.medium.com
Floyd Mori
Losing A Child Is One Of The Saddest Things Ever
Losing A Child Is One Of The Saddest Things Ever
Parents don’t want children to die firstmedium.com
Bill Abbate
The 3 Things That Fill Human Existence and Reward You in Life
The 3 Things That Fill Human Existence and Reward You in Life
The ultimate crown of life for every person uncoveredmedium.com
Delilah Brass
A Little More Sadness in the World
A Little More Sadness in the World
The pandemic has caused millions of deaths, for me though the subtle losses carry a heavy weight too.medium.com
Riri Rites
8 Ways You’re Actually the Toxic One
8 Ways You’re Actually the Toxic One
Holding ourselves accountablemedium.com
Iva Hotko
Innocence Lost
Innocence Lost
Helpless among wolvesmedium.com
Orla Kenny
Three Sisters
Terry Trueman
Every Morning*
Every Morning*
Sometimes, thankfully, our pasts are actually in the pastmedium.com
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
8 Super Cool Things About Dubai
8 Super Cool Things About Dubai
Episode 5medium.com
Veronika Kaufmann
Poetry in Pictures: Robert Doisneau
Poetry in Pictures: Robert Doisneau
The marvels of daily life are so excitingmedium.com
EJY
A Middle-Aged Person Sleeping 6 Hours or Less at Risk of Dementia
A Middle-Aged Person Sleeping 6 Hours or Less at Risk of Dementia
We interrupt your yawns with a critical announcement for those suffering from sleep deprivation.medium.com
Kaori Mitsui
10 Things I Learned From Teaching Young Children — #3. Learning Material
10 Things I Learned From Teaching Young Children — #3. Learning Material
A quick review… it is about my teaching experience at a company where I was a teacher to support children’s learning…medium.com
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