Featured Stories Issue #58
Selected stories from 9,500 writers supporting 94,500 readers on ILLUMINATION
ILLUMINATION compiled interesting stories for you.
These stories from our growing collection can inform and entertain you. External readers can access them via blogs on Word Press.
Thank you for reading the engaging stories shared by our creative writers.
Our previous digests are accessible from this collection.Collection of Featured Stories
Easy access to daily selected stories from engaging writers of ILLUMINATIONmedium.com
You may check this collection of book chapters in our special publication (ILLUMINATION Book Chapters) hosting published books from accomplished authors.Index of Published Book Chapters
Easy access to chapters for readers on Mediummedium.com
The primary purpose of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications (IIP) is to give optimal visibility to content created and hosted on them.
All writers are invited to join a writing challenge as proposed by Dr Mehmet Yildiz. These stories provide an opportunity for writers and readers to cross-pollinate.
An extended introduction
Invitation To A Writing Challenge
Share your concerns and aspirations in a storymedium.com
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three months: 100 Day Challenge For New Writers
100 Day Challenge For New Writers
How to grow and become a top writer on Medium in three monthsmedium.com
Please enjoy our fresh stories.
Personal Responsibility Causes Empowering Cultural Shifts For Business Organizations
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Personal Responsibility Causes Empowering Cultural Shifts For Business Organizations
The success and failure of businesses are determined by the personal responsibility and accountability of their…medium.com
Do Creative People Look Inside The Box?
Brajendra Kumar
Do Creative People Look Inside The Box?
Do your best all the timemedium.com
Is Bill Gates Lying?
T. Mark Mangum
Is Bill Gates Lying?
Intellectual Property Rights and the fight to vaccinate the worldmedium.com
What My Grandmother Taught Me
B.R. Shenoy
What My Grandmother Taught Me
My Grandma will forever be remembered as the best person I knew.medium.com
Allow Yourself to Disconnect For One Day And See What Happens
Lucia Landini
Allow Yourself to Disconnect For One Day And See What Happens
7 Easy Stepsmedium.com
Shifting Writer’s Block With Energetic Self-Care
Michele Grieve
Shifting Writer’s Block With Energetic Self-Care
Befriending and caring for your sacral chakramedium.com
My Transition From Scary Black Man To Safe
Karume T. Hickman
My Transition From Scary Black Man To Safe
Just the other day I was thinking about how I was viewed by the people around me. I began noticing that my presence was…medium.com
I Say “The Yea” To Two Women, and to the Kentucky Governor and Legislature
Gippolito Ndp
I Say “The Yea” To Two Women, and to the Kentucky Governor and Legislature
History made (again) by Harris and Pelosi; and a bipartisan act for We the Peoplemedium.com
Could you be Self-Sabotaging your Personal Growth?
Teaghan Aston
Could you be Self-Sabotaging your Personal Growth?
A short essay about conquering fearmedium.com
Why Nice Guys Always Come Last
Black Coffee
Why Nice Guys Always Come Last
Photo credit christian buehnermedium.com
Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs of Salary up to $600k
Sharique Kamal
Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs of Salary up to $600k
Explore the list of highest paying jobs for your career planningmedium.com
Mental Health And Developmental Issues With Children
Floyd Mori
Mental Health And Developmental Issues With Children
Many are sufferingmedium.com
From My Small boobs To Your Big boobsBlessing
Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba
From My Small boobs To Your Big boobs
I envy you.medium.com
I Sold a Large Part of My Portfolio To Buy More Cryptocurrencies
Louis Petrik
I Sold a Large Part of My Portfolio To Buy More Cryptocurrencies
The 3 reasons why I am so bullishmedium.com
I lost weight over 15 years ago and have kept all the habits to stay in shape
Martin van Soest
I lost weight over 15 years ago and have kept all the habits to stay in shape
I introduced a few simple habits into my life that didn’t change the way I lived, but had radical impact on my weightmedium.com
6 Habits of Highly Effective Content Creators That Makes Their Work Stand-Out
Nishi
6 Habits of Highly Effective Content Creators That Makes Their Work Stand-Out
No matter what type of creator you’re — this list will propel your content creation to a different levelmedium.com
COVID-19 Vaccine Impregnates Woman
Amy Culberg
COVID-19 Vaccine Impregnates Woman
Take that, baby Jesusmedium.com
All Arts are One Art
Gavin Sher
All Arts are One Art
Mastery and the Ineffable Magic of Self-Expressionmedium.com
Raindrops
Victoria Ponte
Marry My Daughter?
Harry Hogg
Marry My Daughter?
Make me a promisemedium.com
Why Do We Read?
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
Why Do We Read?
This is my take on reading — Episode 14medium.com
To Have and Have Not
Margherita Gilley
To Have and Have Not
Who’s the girl with the best of the best?medium.com
The EpilogueCourtenay
Courtenay S. Gray
Turning back Time
julian Harcourt
Turning back Time
Or is it onward and upward?medium.com
Does Choosing Peripheral Awareness of the Horrible Things in the World Make You Selfish?
Kris Downey
Does Choosing Peripheral Awareness of the Horrible Things in the World Make You Selfish?
Does how you feel matter?medium.com
Medium’s Coffee Club-Those Earning Just Enough to Buy a Cup
Carole Olsen
Medium’s Coffee Club-Those Earning Just Enough to Buy a Cup
Let’s unite and become each other’s readers.medium.com
Challenging the Divine — Does Qur’anic Verse 4:34 Deliver a Free Pass for Muslim Men to Beat Their…
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Challenging the Divine — Does Qur’anic Verse 4:34 Deliver a Free Pass for Muslim Men to Beat Their…
Genesis 3:16 of the Bible and the Torah provides an inkling of the place held by women in two of the three Abrahamic…medium.com
Covid/Vaccine Fatigue?
Ms Fischer
Covid/Vaccine Fatigue?
Why do many people skip the second dose?medium.com
5 Little Questions for Big Relationship Transformation
Riri Rites
6 Little Questions for Big Relationship Transformation
How to assess the needs of any relationshipmedium.com
The Further Adventures of Colombe
Elisabeth Khan
The Further Adventures of Colombe
Part 1: An author meets a descendant of her fictional charactermedium.com
Let’s Call The Jan 6th Traitors and Fascists What They Are
Terry Trueman
Let’s Call The Jan 6th Traitors and Fascists What They Are
As the arrests mount up, we need to shame these assholesmedium.com
Productivity Is Useless if You Don’t Direct It Towards Important Goals
Markus Skårnes
Productivity Is Useless if You Don’t Direct It Towards Important Goals
What’s the point of moving fast if you’re going in the wrong direction?medium.com
Beltane — the Sexiest Holiday Known to Mankind
Ophelia LaRue
Beltane – the Sexiest Holiday Known to Mankind
Beltane is May 1st…How to Celebrate Like a Paganmedium.com
How I Accepted my Mother and Created a Special Relationship
Verbieann Hardy
How I Accepted my Mother and Created a Special Relationship
Love does not wear a uniformmedium.com
And That Was When I Knew I Was a Writer
George Blue Kelly
And That Was When I Knew I Was a Writer
When are you what you say you do?medium.com
Number of Books
Patrick M. Ohana
Number of Books
A literate tankamedium.com
5 Lessons I Learned from Frodo Baggins by Writing 55 Stories in April 2021
Aldric Chen
5 Lessons I Learned from Frodo Baggins by Writing 55 Stories in April 2021
You can steal my learning lessonsmedium.com
Reading Can Make You a Good Communicator
Cherif A. Teimi, Ph. D.
Reading Can Make You a Good Communicator
How reading is extremely essential to boost your communicative abilities?medium.com
Illumination Is Saviour for aspiring writers.
Sahil Patel
Illumination Is Saviour for aspiring writers.
A big and happy house mixed with aspiring and accomplished writers.medium.com
The Last Midnight Call
Anthony Jackson
The Last Midnight Call
Your own Domino effect.medium.com
Anyone Can Be a Writer, So Stress Less
Jordan Mendiola
Anyone Can Be a Writer, So Stress Less
And you don’t need any credentials or prior experience to have a say.medium.com
Invitation to Tea
Amy Pierovich, Ed.D.
Invitation to Tea
Interrogation by the State Security Police in Dalian, Chinamedium.com
The Worst Prison
Feather🕊tales
The Worst Prison
Shame will eat men alive until their insides unravel upon shriveled skinmedium.com
The masked warriors
Sapna M
The masked warriors
A tribute to all the healthcare heroes worldwide.medium.com
A Message From a Stranger
Hannah M. Moore
A Message From a Stranger
A Short Storymedium.com
An Indian Boy of 16 Years is Earning $3k a Month
Sharique Kamal
An Indian Boy of 16 Years is Earning $3k a Month
Know, how a 16 year old boy from India is making $3k per month from his online startup which he began just few years…medium.com
Day Tripping: April 30
Stuart Englander
Day Tripping: April 30
Big day for firstsmedium.com
My Songwriting Process
David Andrew Wiebe
My Songwriting Process
How I’ve approached songwriting through the yearsmedium.com
Are You ‘Enough’?
Maria Rattray
Are You ‘Enough’?
You may be enough and a whole lot more, if…medium.com
Time vs. Mind
Anish Girdhar
Time vs. Mind
A poem about the conflicts between the two.medium.com
Relationships: Possessive is Acceptable Abusive is Not
Sumera Rizwan
Relationships: Possessive is Acceptable Abusive is Not
The line between them is fine yet visiblemedium.com
Deserted
Subashini Nachimuthu
Deserted
A deserted road opens up its heartmedium.com
Kitten Infestation
Shawn Ingram
Kitten Infestation
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 — Day 42medium.com
There’s Absolutely No Such Thing As An Alpha Male Wolf to Emulate
Alexis Behrend
There’s Absolutely No Such Thing As An Alpha Male Wolf to Emulate
Successful Leaders Share and Cuddlemedium.com
One Inspiring Consideration After Working At The Lost And Found Office
Lucia Landini
One Inspiring Consideration After Working At The Lost And Found Office
Our objects are part of usmedium.com
Welcome to My Email Marketing Hub
Jeff Herring
Welcome to My Email Marketing Hub
Leading edge strategies for profitable email marketing…medium.com
Some Things Are Better Than Advertised
Brian Dickens Barrabee
Some Things Are Better Than Advertised
There are times in life when you have to see for yourself if a product recommended is everything proclaimed!medium.com
Nyra meets her Mr. Left.
Deepak Sethi
Nyra meets her Mr. Left.
The remaining work was done by cupid.medium.com
Rules and Ethics Typically Applicable to Mass Media Don’t Necessarily Spread Over to Social Media
Adam Tabriz, MD
Rules and Ethics Typically Applicable to Mass Media Don’t Necessarily Spread Over to Social Media
The answer to Social Media Misconception rests within the Semanticsmedium.com
How To Think With Your Heart and Let Nature’s Beauty Be Your Guide
Remy Awika
How To Think With Your Heart and Let Nature’s Beauty Be Your Guide
The heart is the gateway to lifemedium.com
Feeling Overwhelmed? Embrace Success With the Power of No
Ada LLoyd
Feeling Overwhelmed? Embrace Success With the Power of No
Why do you say yes when you know you should say no?medium.com
J U S T
G.R. MELVIN
J U S T
For now, awhile, I won’t let you pull me from the wreckagemedium.com
5 Simple Sustainability Saves
Veronika Kaufmann
5 Simple Sustainability Saves
Nobody can do everything but everyone can do something.medium.com
Wrap Up Week 2–100 Days Writing
Misbah Ul Haq Syed
Wrap Up Week 2 — 100 Days Writing
Collection of stories and lessons learned from the second week in the writing challenge — Episode 15medium.com
Being The Animal
Hugo Bertrand
Being The Animal
Imagine for one second you could be an animal. Which one would it be?medium.com
Smoke and Mirrors
John K Adams
Smoke and Mirrors
What would you give up?medium.com
The power of Music
Srimathi Ashok
The power of Music
“ Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to…medium.com
I Will Rise
Ivette Cruz
I Will Rise
As a big old treemedium.com
The Confessional Awaits You
Karen Madej
The Confessional Awaits You
Bring forth your deepest, darkest fears or unlikeliest dreams and share them with the world; no need to give your name.medium.com
How to Maintain Lust in Your Relationship
Dr Sachin pandit
How to Maintain Lust in Your Relationship
Keeping desire alive is a fundamental part of a relationship.medium.com
Your Vision For The Future Means Trusting The Path Of Change
Gregory Reece-Smith
Your Vision For The Future Means Trusting The Path Of Change
It is not selfish to take care of yourself, rather it is essentialmedium.com
Black Men Should Be Fierce Feminists
Brian M. Williams, JD
Black Men Should Be Fierce Feminists
…and not just because we owe it to Black womenmedium.com
Humility and flat-pack furniture
Frank Ó’hÁinle
Humility and flat-pack furniture
If you want to stay humble, build a Garden Bench yourselfmedium.com
10 Signs You’re Hanging Out With a Narcissist
Charlie Lukas
10 Signs You’re Hanging Out With a Narcissist
And what to do about it.medium.com
Police, Racism, and the Conversation we’re not allowed to have
Jake Meiss
Police, Racism, and the Conversation we’re not allowed to have
What is currently going on when it comes to the topic of police and racism is nothing short of mass delusion. And I…medium.com
The Pandemic and Social Media: An Affair Under Scrutiny
Rahul Anand
The Pandemic and Social Media: An Affair Under Scrutiny
The anxiety took over us, and we gave in.medium.com
Give Ourselves Applauses — We Put Our Efforts Into Writing and Other Things for 1/3 of 2021
Kaori Mitsui
Give Ourselves Applauses — We Put Our Efforts Into Writing and Other Things for 1/3 of 2021
medium.com
Create, Repurpose, Profit with Smart Content Income
Jeff Herring
Create, Repurpose, Profit with Smart Content Income
Simple, repeatable, profitable stepsmedium.com
Let Go of the Things That Do Not Serve You
Westbrook Ocampo
Let Go of the Things That Do Not Serve You
5 questions to ask yourself to determine if something is worthy of your mindspace.medium.com
Listening To The News
Floyd Mori
Listening To The News
There is racism involved regularlymedium.com
To Smart or Not To Smart?
Konstantinos Voulgaridis
To Smart or Not To Smart?
As a tech guy I often get asked the question about technology transitions. From devices and wearables to more complex…medium.com
The Void Within Me
Priyanshi Luthra
The Void Within Me
A poem on how a missed opportunity can create a void in one’s lifemedium.com
This Is a Piece on Habits
Nkeonye Judith Izuka
This Is a Piece on Habits
“And once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them.” -Charles…medium.com
The Broken Workplace
Marty de Jonge
The Broken Workplace
A rant on the state of work and the uncovering of the lies our lives are built uponmedium.com
Strings and Taters
Melanie J.
Strings and Taters
Poetry Prompt: Potato Shapemedium.com
One Last Dance
Anthony Jackson
One Last Dance
A love poemmedium.com
I have an essay brewing in my INTP split screens that will remove the stigmatizing “isms” (which we…
Marcus
I have an essay brewing in my INTP split screens that will remove the stigmatizing “isms” (which…
When I use the term spiritual, I use it in a manner that transcends the binary of theism versus atheism. One can act…medium.com
Thank you for reading our stories.
Several new authors joined ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. You can enjoy chapters from their published books. Check them!ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Submit your book chapters in story formatmedium.com
Many thanks to our editors who reviewed and published these stories for you. Our editors work hard to help our writers submit their best stories. They invest their precious time volunteering for the smooth publishing of stories every day. I
You can find editor profiles in this story.Editors of ILLUMINATION
The powerful minds and leaders behind the success of a significant publication on Mediummedium.com
Invitation to prospective writers
To join ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION’ S MIRROR, ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, Technology Hits, and SYNERGY.please send a request via this link. We will help you succeed. 9,500+ writers contribute to our publications.
Please subscribe to our free newsletter and stay in touch with our progress and get customized content for your writing and reading needs. You can also subscribe and enjoy free Content Strategy, Development, and Marketing Insights shared by Dr Mehmet Yildiz.
Thank you for reading stories of outstanding writers compiled by ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION and Editor of Technology Hits
Thank you for reading stories of outstanding writers compiled by ILLUMINATION-Curated, ILLUMINATION and Editor of Technology Hits
Please check Book Chapters from our accomplished authors on ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.ILLUMINATION Book Chapters
Submit your book chapters in story formatmedium.com
Dr Mehmet Yildiz 
One Comment