<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:38:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@funmi1/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Way!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorrow crept and tears flowed, Soaked with passion, within i groaned, As grief left no vacuum in me And anquish smeared this precious soul. Image Source My aching heart laid on hot coals, With mysteries]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/the-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/the-way</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 23:21:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZB4jaZKiwkUNzdHskWkeRFZ16Ne3r4BVcVWzPpstoP3ADxV77bsftE5hEk1H5vFXPi5t6hEy1Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["THE BRIDGE" (100 DAYS OF POETRY CHALLENGE #DAY 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Each time... Each time I decide to stop I’d wanted to give it all up It just wasn’t fair to continue Bleeding his loving heart I knew But I had always returned ...Over the bridge Last time... There’d]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@funmi1/the-bridge-100-days-of-poetry-challenge-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@funmi1/the-bridge-100-days-of-poetry-challenge-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitschoolpoetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:51:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqKctJHhaguEbhA7VDGjDP2DVJB3guGddSCwzY9Zgevg5DqRGavyr2SRQibBzFKWRZoaFrhgLYNWSNDabmvtBZYAdGFx7gRNtv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PERFECTION.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is Perfection? Merely a term for the vainglorious For even the prettiest rose has its thorn The best kept garden its weeds Why then do you strive for the abstract? The crooked grin is more sincere]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/perfection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/perfection</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:06:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq1Qk2oVcFH1fBDSfqVPPXTddaTeuc8PziqBg5A5HQkZAQCeun3mZgUzcyFrkuyGQvDW1643VvMGVNhSMpZvn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Church-How to Discern His Voice]]></title><description><![CDATA["My sheep hear my voice ,and i know them,and they follow me" (John 10:27) There are those who don't believe that God still talks to people today like he did in the Bible days.So when they hear]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@funmi1/steem-church-how-to-discern-his-voice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemchurch/@funmi1/steem-church-how-to-discern-his-voice</guid><category><![CDATA[steemchurch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 23:36:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1YbtzC9Dxed1Wq34VLtMrijakpYx7AX1pHBbhuA2djfts6WPXpP3DmEEsH3GEQuuMf8rN4jTkVQBug56UMtG57tS8v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHY CAN'T THE DEAD DIE?  AN ODE TO A GREAT FRIEND]]></title><description><![CDATA[I habitually wonder why the dead can’t remain dead... Why do they have to linger and loiter in our memories? Awkward!I feel the pain and anguish that they face during the one-minute battle between life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@funmi1/why-can-t-the-dead-die-an-ode-to-a-great-friend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@funmi1/why-can-t-the-dead-die-an-ode-to-a-great-friend</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChQDVEQ5YTL2qCLUKoEQR3LZXELECeEtnPjNkpmVDR9yuXFp8E1xxq7eVLKvk7j3f97LVJuPupDphcKzW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head versus Heart!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The heart is a funny organ It is constantly in opposition with the head The brain is the controlling organ So where is this constant struggle led Emotion over reason Spontaneity over rationalism Such is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/head-versus-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/head-versus-heart</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:10:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qb7rGrnyWeA1XZqhzfhWVSUtUUqHUtzZKjYDYKbpZPUn5vuNB2GRdkA3wZ9S4rYeodaA5mqB9We?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SILENT CHAPTERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[It‘s flooded with the errors that built me, The shame no word can express, Scorn and roughing from men; mean And scandals I‘ll never seek to redress. This chapter has my flaw You‘ll read it without saying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/silent-chapters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/silent-chapters</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2CwnDyeL7SRXTkV1JhgdZY39T76qHmnRumMXGtjNcArbxatsdTzGxhjm8oGNZNGLxTHVberYDoSbcbzCnTUJErf7MKsxSm6q3NvUvoW2NpRDpWcS1D4WAzigMcfNfdtkkUAuksbyeA4AqXabD3ocBMCAJ8cLgkmVN7N7gNfbVfXJM8upBWkQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE CATTLE AND THE EGRET]]></title><description><![CDATA[To each moment is a word to say, Yet why pull till tomorrow what can be done today, Whilst we all know tomorrow ceaselessly comes And a procrastinator’s regrets endlessly sums. Experience is the best teacher,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/the-cattle-and-the-egret</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/the-cattle-and-the-egret</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bwjPJtcJJmZusPtExyx3sTaZakhzEnuxTyVXmaPVoeYkfus9M1DkrJHCV5b6meMUCzWqpYrsQw6KkkxDQP859qgd4D9EGp3yMheRYzkbaDRU7ybgmY3C1jqnK7fgQmZywmBxvdXgpk9Aw1SHtrNi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Today Count]]></title><description><![CDATA[Man is scared of the unknown,uncertainity.We do not know what is gonna happen in the next minute and that scares us. The fact that man does not know his fate bothers him.It rankles that we are as pawns]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/making-today-count</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/making-today-count</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 21:40:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjod8jZGtHj9vEPiHodJXnpV9yXxKtuzUxr9q7KSh53FJdZFu5bQWsrkZp9JqpCXCZqqUJnS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achilles Heel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tears in my eyes. Stars lost in the skies. I can't take this surprise. You're ran away without the 'goodbyes. You know you are my breath. When you left, you proclaimed my death. All my whole clothes are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/achilles-heel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@funmi1/achilles-heel</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:00:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9zBZ7he62Md2gsyCPUtAWR2EWyNLdRiSMuacgVDGE9qUzeNNAhMWidjX5GntcSUXBTeXXf9unD23sDZbB2YWJ5TV28jYvXG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIFE IS JUST FOR RENT!]]></title><description><![CDATA[As daily we quest for excellence, And even ‘twist the clock tick’s silence, To be the best we earnestly crave, While with the sunsets we head towards the grave. So while the calendar holds endless tomorrows,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/life-is-just-for-rent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/life-is-just-for-rent</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 02:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFnDyv87HUk2SWXe5F1JUTeHzHAf3PZVjEN3Y4V4EA4nt9sAqdiQL2iVEZECSSdGYLAcYVp7ZRw2JYvhGHnzD8KxybZuMXyHCxT8Bth57C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember the Elephant!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every time i look back and think about life, I just can’t help, but remember the story of the elephant I’d been told as a kid. At this point you may (or may not) ask “what elephant story?”. As most stories]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@funmi1/remember-the-elephant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@funmi1/remember-the-elephant</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeKxEDXt5QXJVNr9Lq1p66b5TZVaoiGycSpBukM4w7CuUJeunFXbXCZDjEcLQ755XTLvyPT5X4ZNXoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artist of the day--- Nicki Minaj]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicki Minaj real name is Onika Tanya Maraj.She was born December 8,1982. She is a Trinidadian -American rapper,singer,actress and song writer. She started out by making mixtapes around 2007-2009; which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@funmi1/artist-of-the-day-nicki-minaj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@funmi1/artist-of-the-day-nicki-minaj</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChZhJtbpUQCzuBxCtmvQ8D5SrfYU3tUY3CF5GxAhMgkXtcB1kR7WDTokXkektEDS7rKnfrhhQ7pC4JPkS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outdo your past!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In life,you must never compare yourself with others.Run your own race and be the best of you.Its needless to engage in any kind of unhealthy rivalry or competition with others.You're only permitted to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/outdo-your-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/outdo-your-past</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:12:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWT8xjeamcG3BcMFfXfgtkNHMybRh7ooMZ88tptHGGiSDPsE2abtZAsokJ4iU93wDdNRtXP1p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship like a love story!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA["Stop disturbing me", that's her usual line any time either of us call the other. She's Sunmi. She's one of the few people I to see as and call my close friends. Her let-me-be demeanor gets to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@funmi1/friendship-like-a-love-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@funmi1/friendship-like-a-love-story</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 06:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vb8MLtg1hgtToGyu3Y2TmA35XGkFgyy9soucFiQDrbu2nbEo28hgScLQc1iYhhgWxVu8qU9ENCE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[AVOID THE URGE TO DWELL ON THE PAST]]></title><description><![CDATA[So often,we make the mistake of believing that sticking to good habits is a do-or -die affair (I say we because I've been there before). We act like if our relationship fails or don't work out ,then we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/avoid-the-urge-to-dwell-on-the-past</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@funmi1/avoid-the-urge-to-dwell-on-the-past</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdRzKeXaHr91zpWknPNKKa6zrQ1CjUaxDcUdRHeF6LeZKEHuMXDZyP46QxDGuUpaUny6HdzmCZtvi3X7ZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Altruism; Are humans and animals truly altruistic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(IMAGE SOURCE) ( Altruism is a type of behavior in which an animal sacrifices its own interest for that of another animal or group of animals.The Merriam Webster dictionary defines altruism as "behavior]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@funmi1/altruism-are-humans-and-animals-truly-altruistic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@funmi1/altruism-are-humans-and-animals-truly-altruistic</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:12:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinq4VZFSKYtTMZTVZUctwuqgWN8xQ1aYmdZ5Se5XH7rz6mBCuuP5tKa5EKuf8H3SksnY7TSnoHb3S42XUBdGd4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My name is Funmi.I am an Agricultural Economist. So here are some random facts about me: I am a Capricorn,Dec 31st I am an Optimist,I Love to see the good in everything and everybody,i always stay positive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@funmi1/hello-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@funmi1/hello-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[funmi1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:09:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76RnwDpQvdtcQaCV8n1bvr6Avq9yusoXdBktg8dckDsS68KEtVRmhdqtd9KjA1Fh1aL22NvXiAJmWRwyvzi8aEsbZUCdVQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>