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You give your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cecilia1/how-social-media-and-trends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176874/@cecilia1/how-social-media-and-trends</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176874]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cecilia1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqDVw6nhzJ1KxHJC2nUZkPBFeDXiA4DXbUw38jyhhHvnGTMPndE7ph3xKZ71ff8P9bf6pU2CMidxwvXc646M4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LESSONS FROM A POULTRY FARM: Learning Through Risk #prompt13#]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is wisdom the ability to calculate risks — or the courage to take them anyway? Wisdom can be seen in both. 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Sometimes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152889/@cecilia1/sublime-sunday-where-peace-bloom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-152889/@cecilia1/sublime-sunday-where-peace-bloom</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-152889]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cecilia1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLhQsdTy2NVTpvrN9yefpJmyK8hkCPaS6grYu5Whtum85KGNArAGx5Qinfck2iGDLsr1zhKnTgD2rtACFx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letting Go Of Screen Clutter ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used to be that girl who couldn’t let go of her phone. Even when I wasn’t doing anything important, I held onto it as if it were my life support machine. 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]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have often heard people talk about gratitude and the blessings that come with it, but I didn’t truly understand its depth until a simple moment during my university days. One hot afternoon, I was very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@cecilia1/gratitude-counting-blessings-not-burdens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@cecilia1/gratitude-counting-blessings-not-burdens</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cecilia1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHNbt8wcgAMNP6xb3BathNEzEwk6L7Ro6gvbasJjVP6NverithsrZonEZbpRfuiwxfMM5NfQBcXySsQWfNtjm4kxpVdAcLKc17kVjYs?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories With Mama:the woman behind my fondest memories. Chronicles #15#]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is life without memories. 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]]></title><description><![CDATA[In our era, many people see money as the greatest gift of God to man. Sadly, this idolization of money is one of the leading causes of crime in the world today. Because everyone wants to be rich by any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157568/@cecilia1/is-money-a-blessing-or</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157568/@cecilia1/is-money-a-blessing-or</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157568]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cecilia1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:52:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLVNyqmipZgF68PCkcvPuVdrYTHTtc4ponGeuoAd8z48zJfmBuBPM7YHYxXgXw37mhwXpexcU5VK4PFnU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigeria at Heart 🇳🇬: THE JOY THAT COMES WITH INDEPENDENCE 
]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nigeria is made up of three big ethnic groups the Igbo, the Hausa, and the Yoruba. From their languages we got WAZOBIA a word that shows unity in our diversity. Each group has its own flavor, The Igbo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@cecilia1/nigeria-at-heart-the-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@cecilia1/nigeria-at-heart-the-joy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-11060]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cecilia1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BG3BAmr5TYaANmrJEBZ9YLfHRDmJXbqRDBoNJSSHUfkhawB2yWrHhkaB283d9ecAUEboqrzFQuNUmbCYoJbDx652NCLZzjNhJ8756v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>