Well... we had over 20 entries for this week's Wisdom Challenge; and challenging it was โ to read, and to choose who to reward with prizes.
There were, expectedly, many touching and beautiful stories of self-healing and rebirth. One thing everyone agreed on was that death is a normal part of life. And most people made the distinction between 'good health' being the catalyst for living a fulfilling life, and staying alive as long as possible to live a mediocre life.
Special mention should be made of a couple of posts which were included, but not part of the contest.
Why it Matters: Living a Healthy Life by @riverflows was an emotive and heartfelt piece. It certainly helped frame the Wisdom Challenge, and to why these conversations are important.
What is Medicine/Health Really All About?, the NM guest editorial by @metametheus also framed the contest in terms of policies and choices.
Without further ado, here are the winning entries...
20 Steem goes too...
Do we live healthy lives to avoid or postpone death? by @owasco
This was a particularly moving piece about how sometimes those who make the effort to live in good health seem to have their lives cut short.
Congratulations @owasco, you will soo be receiving your prize courtesy of @naturalmedicine... keep an eye on your wallet!
The two runners up receiving 5 Steem each go too...
- Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death? by @vibesforelife
@metametheus chose this piece for his 5 Steem prize donation because he felt it also tackled the the idea of the 'fear of death' which appears to motivate modern medicine.
- The Next Door, Face Life or Death by @anngreklestari
@riverflows chose this piece for her 5 Steem prize donation because she felt it resonated with her own journey with health, life, and death
Congratulations to both of you, expect to see your prize in your wallet courtesy of these two folk.
And three runner-runner-ups will receive an SBI prize...
- Living In Connection with Death by @mountainjewel
- A LIfe With No Regrets by @hopehuggs
- Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death? by @trucklife-family
These three entries also had something different to add to the conversation, and so it was decided that they should receive a special prize of a SBI shares.
A HUGE thank-you to all entrants into this week's Wisdom Challenge!
We should also mention all the entries... we invite you to go read them and upvote them, because they all deserve to be acknowledged and loved. ย
- Let Food be Thy Medicine by @walkerland
- Poetry response by @chireerocks
- "Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death?" - My Response by @kennyskitchen
- Heath is Wealth: Death is Inevitable by @steemflow
- "Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death?" - My Entry by @naineztengra
- Do I live A Healthy Life to Avoid or Postpone Death.... by @in2itiveart
- Thinking about death reminds me that I have a life by @byronmushrooms
- Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death? by @bewithbreath
- Do we have healthy lives to avoid or postpone death ? by @lavan
- Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or postpone Death? by @freyafri
- Why Do I Lead a Healthy Life? by @fitinfunfood
- Why Live Healthy, When We're All Going to Die Anyway? by @minismallholding
- Healthy Life to Avoid or Postpone Death? by @fruityexplorer
- A Response for Natural Medicines Wisdom Challenge... by @porters
- Do we live healthy lives to avoid and postpone death? by @bearone
- Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death? by @enjoyinglife download1.png
AND NOW FOR THE NATURAL MEDICINE CUP!
Well, it's a mug, but a 'cup' sounds kinda competitive, doesn't it? We've offered this for the last two competitions, but only decided to award it if we hit 20 entries. In the interests of fairness, we put in TWO entries if you were a NM delegator and active in the Natural Medicine Discord channel. It was done on an online random name picker, and @riverflows has recorded the draw as a gif, which she'll put in the NM Discord as proof (for some reason it won't load here today).
@hopehuggs is a long time Steemian and a recent 250SP delegator to Natural Medicine. She has a heart of gold and we're really excited to award her with one of @frejafri's mugs. Congratulations, @hopehuggs - please get in touch with @riverflows with your address so she can organise shipping of this to your address. It's also courtesy of @nateonsteemit, @porters and @mountainjewel who contributed 5 Steem each to this challenge. Gosh, we're proud of this community! @hopehuggs, check out the designs here and let us know which one you've selected! So exciting!
We have a favour to ask....
To keep running these competitions and to support the community to the extent we do, we'd really appreciate your support. Steem donations to @naturalmedicine or delegation really goes a long way. We work really hard to bring you curations, interviews, a great Discord channel, competitions, spot prizes, group meditations, engagement and a whole lot more. If you can give a little, we can grow together. We spend a lot of time thinking about how we can bring reward to everyone posting on, and exploring, natural medicines and healing.
With all our love and gratitude, @riverflows, @walkerland, @metametheus, @nateonsteemit, @bewithbreath, @tryskele and the whole Natural Medicine Team.
Plus, many, many thanks to the support of @kennyskitchen via Tribe SteemUp, and the gorgeous @canadiancoconut, plus our delegators @walkerland, @nateonsteemit, @digitaldan, @realself, @sagescrub, @riverflows, @metametheus, @alchemage, @hopehuggs, @porters, @bewithbreath, @angreklestari, @eftnow, @digitaldan, @porters, @croseille, @vikingventures, @tryskele, @cambridgeport90, @claudiaz, @allyinspirit, @samstonehill, @crescendoofpeace, @quochuy, @amyama, @bengiles, @simplymike, @organicgardener, @cannacurate, @binkyprod, @rebeccacabe, @frejafri, @kimmysomelove42, @quochuy, @sn0n, @bala41288, @thistlerock, @squishysquid, @belleamie, @ligayagardner, @amyama, @ligayagardener. We are so proud of what we have achieved together. Thanks for being part of it!
