A Gift for Our Readers

Our writers have crafted more than a hundred captivating stories that delve into various significant subjects. They offer a rich tapestry of fiction, poetry, and insightful non-fiction. Through their narratives, they share their thoughts, emotions, and experiences, inviting you into their imaginative realms.

We encourage you to explore the comments section where you can gain a deeper understanding of the key messages conveyed by our writers. The comments provide a summarization of their narratives, adding extra value for our audience.

Enjoy the journey!

Notable Contributions

#### Christopher D. Connors Stop Saying You’re “Aspiring” The mindset shift from future to present is essential.

#### Ellen Clardy, Ph. D. Time for a Paradigm Shift in Economics? A Discussion of “Shrinking Capitalism”

#### Joanna Henderson I Tried Reducing My White Privilege: Confessions of a Privileged Child Everyone deserves equal opportunities regardless of their background.

#### Caroline Figueroa Should Single People Seek a COVID-19 Sex Buddy? This is the Dutch Government’s advice to citizens. It’s missing the bigger picture.

#### Rosennab Help Me Wish Him Happy Birthday While I tell the world how much I still love my birthday boy.

#### Roz Warren Why are People Reading This Essay? If You Figure It Out, Please Let Me Know.

#### Kim Petersen How a Masked-Lover Loves You Love behind a mask is never going to get real.

#### Darryl Brooks How To Sabotage Your Social Media Marketing Just keep doing these things.

#### Michael Patanella Addiction And Its Dirty Payoff Big Money From Drug Testing.

#### R Tsambounieri Talarantas The Vestibule Come, come hither, towards the left vestibule.

#### KeepingItRealWithAnnick Looking at You A poem to my soon 4 years old baby boy.

#### Kristi Keller How it Feels Being Called Back to Work After 2.5 Months of Isolation I knew it was inevitable but it still feels too soon.

#### J.D. Harms Pulled Into Form A Poem.

#### Megan Halušková Yes, I Want To Be Filthy Rich. And Yes, You Want To Too “Having money is not everything; not having it is.”

#### Francine Fallara Creative Networking Uniting Medium writers to Quora Spaces.

#### Mr Ken My Story of Business Struggles The Hurdles That Turned into Cliff Faces.

#### Daniel Clark FOMO On Other Cultures Don’t get stressed that you can’t meditate.

#### René Junge Father’s Day In Germany Means Handcart, Schnapps And Beer In Germany, Father’s Day is traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day. Other countries also know a Father’s Day, but…

#### Trung V. Nguyen 7 Facts about Me, Myself and I My quick ‘interview’ to introduce myself to ILLUMINATION.

#### Rosennab 5 Advantages of Gym Membership Over a Home-Gym Maintain your fitness.

#### Kevin J Ferris Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) Don’t let FUD hold you back from pursuing your goals.

#### Dr John Rose Evocations Art Invoking Memories of Joy, Wonder, Melancholy and Peace.

#### Ann K Frailey Mirage “It seems we three, despite our mighty powers, have been little more than star-crossed lovers.”

#### Joe Luca 40 Years Together A Love Poem …

#### Antonio Colmenares Why People Don’t Say “Good Morning” Anymore It’s not what you think…

#### Timothy Key The Title of This Story Has a “5” In It A partial list of all the things on Medium that you aren’t the first to do.

#### Dr Mehmet Yildiz Serendipity Re-framed as a Lottery Ticket ILLUMINATION is 2 months old now; enriched by 700+ writers supporting 8230 readers.

#### tanwrites My First Month on Medium with no writing background A dollar and 45 cents later.

#### Indra Raj Pathak Health #May SCWBI- Challenge- A Satirical Tanka.

#### Yamin Ohmar Can I NOT Accept Your Negativities? A reminder that you have the power to reject people’s negativities and learn how to set up a simple emotional yield.

#### Leander Caspar On an odyssey over an apple — Part 5 A traveller’s short story inspired by his journeys.

#### Helen Boss SEO — Writing For Business How Good Writing Can Take Your SEO to New Levels.

#### Candy L Hill 5 Benefits of Connecting with Nature Why Nature is So Important.

#### Joe Luca The Horn Screamed Fiction|Horror|Fantasy … Part One.

#### Andrew Jacono Striking a Fire in the Void How I developed as a writer.

#### Tree Langdon ?? Trapped in a TFT Terrible First Time.

#### Ilija Begic Mad Beast A poem about consequences and the ones we affect.

#### Deborah Barchi Let Me Introduce Myself on Illumination First, let me start by saying how grateful I am to Dr. Mehmet Yildiz, the tireless founder and visionary behind…

#### Darshak Rana Into the new Realm A spiritual journey.

#### P.G. Barnett Writing What You Want To Read It’s Not Always A Value Add.

#### Ksenia Sein My Father’s Last Will and Testament I pressed it tightly to my chest, grateful, savoring my father’s wise words.

#### Claire Handscombe One Simple Trick to Find a Ton of Blogging Ideas … and a load of new ways to showcase your experience and expertise.

#### Sofia Yassine Rock-Bottom May Be the Fresh Start I’ve Been Waiting For At least that’s what I learned from J.K. Rowling.

#### Amy Cubbon Working From Home: Why You’re Not Setting Healthy Boundaries and What To Do About It Boundaries are absolutely necessary for self-care.

#### Misa Ferreira de Rezende Migraines and Poems It’s good now but it’s not tasty!

#### Carmen Fong, MD Rejected, For The Very First Time On getting my first fiction rejection letter.

#### Diane Overcash Life Inside the Hologram Do we have free will, or does the Cosmic Engineer control it all?

#### Margie Pearl Mild Theme I An anagram tribute.

#### Corrine Roberts Is This Why I Write? Am I discovering my ‘today’ purpose by writing and responding on Medium?

#### Cheshta Mann Things That Will Make You Highly Effective in Your 20s They are easy-to-follow and won’t cost you a fortune.

#### Salih Do?an Good is the Enemy of Great The success story of the companies that were able to renovate themselves and make the transition from ‘good’ to…

#### LauraRaduenz A Story of Accidental Collaboration (vs Competition) in a Small Business Here’s what happened.

#### Terry Mansfield Watching (an all-seeing haiku)

#### Tanu Mehra Stylish Women of the Zodiac Stylish Women of the Zodiac.

#### Joe Luca Average A Poem.

#### Martin Rushton An introduction: Martin Rushton A short bio about the rude poet.

#### Farouk Kanaan I asked +100 writers why they publish on Medium and these were their answers: Not everyone writes for money.

#### Edis Rune A Crumbling Rise I am a little white creature arisen from my mother’s womb and unbound and chained by flesh as the doctor breaks it. I…

#### Magda Erockfor Ayuk You Really Want Freedom? Do This Masks didn’t take away our freedom. We were never really free.

#### Amy Marley Book I Can’t Forget #22 of 31 days of May SCWBI Challenge – A Haiku for you.

#### Shirley M. Langton A2D2 Ariel Cirque and Ideas “Out There” The Value of Giving Up the Good for the Best.

#### Terry Mansfield A Nose for Lies (a haiku tale of falsehoods)

#### Priyanka Srivastava The Art of being A Mother A reflection on Motherhood.

#### Riku Arikiri Deafening A Haiku dedicated towards the nature of friendship and love.

#### Salam Khan An Abecedarian Poem for a Dear Departed A to Z — 26 lines.

#### Francesco Biz The Ascension of Potential: the Shaman Method There is just yourself…

#### Helen Marie Introduction: Helen Marie I’m excited to be a part of this community!

#### Terry Mansfield Fascination (a haiku of wonderment)

#### A.P. Kumar Swan Song We have our gods to believe in. Who do the gods have?

#### Riku Arikiri Isolation An instance of Abuse | Part 1.

#### Terry Mansfield Tricky (a trickster haiku)

#### Robin Klammer Grief Rains Tears Upon My Face.

#### conny manero Let’s Talk About Sex And have a laugh.

#### Trista Ainsworth How to Live in Joy Day 18: Rediscovering my love of reading old cookbooks.

#### Tyler Piteo-Tarpy China Is Most Certainly a Threat to World Peace A Response to Caitlin Johnstone.

#### Alex Smart My Review of Tim Denning’s eBook: How To Earn 6-Figures on Medium.com He should have charged me twice as much.

#### Shirley M. Langton The Betrayal A Coming of Age Story.

#### Dr Joel Yong, PhD Type 2 Diabetes — A Case of The Immune System Gone Bad, Too? We know Type 1 diabetes is related to an immune system gone bad. But Type 2? Really?

#### Magda Erockfor Ayuk This 5-Step Process Will Drastically Change Your Life It all starts with your values.

#### Aurora Eliam, CMP 8 Books That Will Change Your Life Check out these books to foster courage, hope, and compassion.

#### Ming Qian An Unexpected First Week on Medium I found a supportive writing community that I never expected to be a part of.

#### Kayo Zaduban Haiku: Raven Daily Dose of Philosophy.

#### Eashan Reddy Kotha IN MIND a brief bit on our connections.

#### Brian Lamacraft My Introduction to ILLUMINATION Writers My Introduction to ILLUMINATION Writers.

#### Isabela Vasiliu Transcendental Forests: Planting New Growth — Day Twelve One Tree a Day Keeps the Heat Away. One Poem a Day: The Birthstone of May.

#### Riku Arikiri 5 Jokes, about Psychiatrists that are just ROFL! ? Jokes are everywhere, they cause us to engage in humor and laughter.

#### Tim Maudlin Imagine Finding Perfection in Imperfection? Gratitude lessons from the hiking trail.

#### Tree Langdon ?? The Sacred Heart of Sorrow this feeling tastes like blood.

#### Augustin Vallee How I Improved my Sleep Here are simple things I implemented to have a better sleep and feel more energized as I wake up.

#### Michael Heng Beyond I-Ching — 3½ Concepts to Transform your Mind and Change your Life 3 Concepts plus another ½ to Rule them all. Become a Change Master Leader using ancient wisdom and modern thinking to…

#### Simona Leveraging the Power of Your Heart for a Happier Life Four Science-Based Tools from the HeartMath Institute to Improve Mental and Physical Well-Being.

#### Rasheed Hooda Life Is Joyful When You Focus On Health A haiku and some thoughts on health and joy.

#### Diego Ruiz What Does It Mean to Transform? What determines our influence in the lives of others?

#### Yasmine Sadek How Running Can Save Your Life And Transform Both Your Body And Your Brain.

#### April Richardson 3 Minutes To A Decluttered Mind Set a timer and say goodbye to Chaos.

#### Srinath Samba. An Entry a Week to keep you Strong. Lessons from a personal experience of keeping a journal.

#### Margherita Gilley Why Us? Surviving the Unexpected What we did when we were too sad to do anything.

#### Kimberly Fosu Before You Realize Just How Powerful You Are Life won't be so great.

#### Besom & Bletherskite Thomas My brother’s friend, lost far too young.

#### Emam Elimam I Never Thought That I Will Be Nearsighted. Let alone wearing Eyeglasses.

#### Chaeyun Kim The Positive Sides of the COVID-19 Lockdown Let’s See the Advantages This Situation Could Bring Us!

#### Charles Roast Self Discovery: Where Have I Been All My Sexy Life? Answering the lock down challenge questions.

#### PRASANTA BANERJEE 3 Steps That Can Make You A Better Writer You Can Be A Be.