<?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>Mon, 18 May 2026 21:29:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ambition/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Higher Education                   ...Insights,  Not Afterthoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[University brings out all abilities, including incapability. ― Anton Chekhov Making a Point It was no secret—Dean Rodgers was paranoid and desperately seeking allies. 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My little niece has always shows interest in singing and dancing since she was in kindergarten]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@thelastdash/my-little-niece-who-wants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-125125/@thelastdash/my-little-niece-who-wants</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-125125]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thelastdash]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRCEQQy7HRxpeLzpecWmTCFMqCeqTbSi7T3qm52SAdtuW/1775485877350.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes plans need to change ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone!!!! I hope so you all are fine and happy 😀 Every human on the earth has a purpose of living, some find their purpose and start to work on it while some people just waste the life without]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@les90/sometimes-plans-need-to-change</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@les90/sometimes-plans-need-to-change</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[les90]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmXeqkZX1Fzd9AnjzWYnz5ciQkpJJPq1WXd5ntVFvrm9x2/1774680872742.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comfort as a Goal: At What Cost to Our Ambition?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comfort as one of the particular things and our life that we are always going to be trying to achieve and it is going to be one of the things that is always going to be in our mind to actually think about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@sayu907/comfort-as-a-goal-at-what-cost-to-our-ambition-lnp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140084/@sayu907/comfort-as-a-goal-at-what-cost-to-our-ambition-lnp</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sayu907]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:27:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEUnZUfFTTZ3Epr4Yg2WKaL6m6QpVrsCoAXyDqHT25X7u1EDdqaMKPvzstVS2wzWieK2uWTV7M3EPseq1awSbjywvnCanBwvfZnP4jpVKtN6sT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balancing wealth and health ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source There are times that most human tends to prioritize work over personal health because most times more than passion are financial responsibilities. For many professional, balancing work life and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@chefqueen/balancing-wealth-and-health--hvs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@chefqueen/balancing-wealth-and-health--hvs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chefqueen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Dv9HGuTvLkApKNeg1GUL64QbegyGRKQLPv97bn8vo9BUchLQ4GSSumin6uCnZrFHswGGcBt891P471pTpWkPBxwwRM9SxDSEkBwndkb2oxETgMFDg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  DOMBEY & SON #3/471]]></title><description><![CDATA[That the hope of giving birth to a new partner in such a House, could not fail to awaken a glorious and stirring ambition in the breast of the least ambitious of her sex. That Mrs Dombey had entered on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dombey/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-3-471</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dombey/@bookcollections/literature-charles-dickens-dombey-son-3-471</guid><category><![CDATA[dombey]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bookcollections]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:59:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivational Storytelling on #HIVE - The Pain We Carry Quietly...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey All, TGIS — Thank God it’s Saturday so are you guys ready for a short motivational story to brighten your day? There is pain everywhere, without a doubt. You may call it small or big, but there is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@gungunkrishu/motivational-storytelling-on-hive-the-pain-we-carry-quietly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@gungunkrishu/motivational-storytelling-on-hive-the-pain-we-carry-quietly</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gungunkrishu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:46:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ5PjR5ShHnKCxh8UUMB7vU7Dbsuq5eZFp8A1UZrJZxzscwyFbiqNxJhncMNY7DehySv2JPvFpA5oZExiYmEZo8jTgbQuDwvM9RLYAkAuGgDqTV64bUg5Vx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[降温啦~降温啦~心气不能降~]]></title><description><![CDATA[今天降温了，昨天20℃，今天8℃。 在武汉项目上的一个朋友给我看她们板房的一块玻璃被风吹掉了。 幸亏旁边有床架子挡住了，玻璃没碎。 我那位朋友之前在中建机关待过一段时间，又被派项目上来了。 她说建筑行业一点也不好，近几年不景气，而且工作地点不固定，不想长久待，想转行。 前几天我俩还商量，等过段时间开始一起学习，看能不能考个有用的证，可以让你有固定工作的那种证，我们商量着可以先把CPA考虑在内。]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@ninicy/3vqae8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-105017/@ninicy/3vqae8</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-105017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ninicy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCBRzTxQQnZZqkCPHsNtLBzrSo6jRvfx6Cyrqx8qHmHVCaJ3b1TkWRocMZkKvv5gL2WbdproR4AmbUB7nbDjBsASV4aMw3NBeRKUuSMH2xhSXQA3dVej4ku4KW3iM9dLuM9XexRKMDQwa99vjLjvcB3MZAHD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walk in My Shoes for a Mile...A Story and a Collage for LMAC #241]]></title><description><![CDATA[Achlys threw his hands up in despair. "I will never leave this place," he lamented. "I am my father's son, his father's grandson. We have been blacksmiths in the village for as long as our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/walk-in-my-shoes-for-a-milea-story-and-a-collage-for-lmac-241</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-174695/@agmoore/walk-in-my-shoes-for-a-milea-story-and-a-collage-for-lmac-241</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-174695]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agmoore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqNLBNWzfDNACKMnDfNHNshusi3dTYoN17kvopaMAnBFncWEW7pcjxPsvVQD1uKEziEaCiijZrAwyQH2JoEffHjFpuhcr7GfmgHAz7aTqiCPM9tR?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stars of Youth                     …Finale          ...Making Amends]]></title><description><![CDATA[True love is finding your soulmate in your best friend ― Faye Hall Music in the Night My flirtation with Sylvia has been discovered and Victor Has suitably admonished me. Tess has fled to god knows where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-finale-making-amends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-finale-making-amends</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVwAq9b4wq1RVLTR9JyhR8mWrLEiWUUgA5cqtKdV3sxVpHr4oERgiDnby7Sqba1wLUyy1RpYQwg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stars of Youth                     …Part 9             ...Reality Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gazing into darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; my eyes burned with anguish and anger —James Joyce Victor's Production Model Porsche All my conjectures about Sylvia proved]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-part-9-reality-therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-part-9-reality-therapy</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHT5Fvr9KYC2gxEN3P7oD11Skv4rcBvTkVFAZir18ATDYdfon8Np2KzPkgP84FxWxpnmQ7oNCwBGN4tpnWax3sc6jq5uW7WxmdoRE3RHWR3HKJ2kWiCAay9Uj7YbCyV18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stars of Youth                     …Part 8             ...A Failing Commodity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Love is a state a state of perceptual anesthesia; you mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. ― H.L. Mencken Sylvia I was out on the lake in a motorboat unsure of whether Sylvia swam to shore and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-part-8-a-failing-commodity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@johnjgeddes/the-stars-of-youth-part-8-a-failing-commodity</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[johnjgeddes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZdMWUHT2XiviLeRwdHkUu7UkShZugYdTmU5nQqNHCYDXjTqsQFPf37DFRYTsg8nf1G2YPU8Ys3hp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stars of Youth             ...Part 7           ...Plunging Stock Value]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. —T.S. Eliot No Mermaids Sing We're at Victor's lodge and things aren't going well. It's frustrating. 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Moving on, I had a lot of expectations this year, especially as regards my Hive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@bipolar95/embracing-the-flow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-153850/@bipolar95/embracing-the-flow</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-153850]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bipolar95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 20:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmcKB473GetrKXoPuSftba9X1BovqkTcMxxGYdET2mS2ek/luke_moss_1sft_cofx0_unsplash_20_1_.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberation ~ unmask the dream.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lyrics [Intro] Our whole life is a cruel illusion… But awakening waits, if we dare to unmask the dream. [Verse 1] We wander in the maze, chasing empty lights. Prisoners of shadows, dreaming through the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/disillusionment/@mindpilgrimage/liberation-unmask-the-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/disillusionment/@mindpilgrimage/liberation-unmask-the-dream</guid><category><![CDATA[disillusionment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mindpilgrimage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmRCNnxDwTF1e9WmDWhE26kvChZ9tooCqQdR29rAmSo3Tt/1.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cruel Illusion ~ Part I]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intro to a longer unfolding Our whole life often turns out to be nothing more than an illusion. The good news is that it can be cured, if we have the persistence to face it. We can skip so many dead ends]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/disillusionment/@mindpilgrimage/the-cruel-illusion-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/disillusionment/@mindpilgrimage/the-cruel-illusion-part-i</guid><category><![CDATA[disillusionment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mindpilgrimage]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmPpv5PPYTwtJr7TqUHFPiFxbH3GTxbDZoY9hos1SQsmJS/1.png" length="0" type="image/png"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE DISCIPLINE OF CONFORMITY ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, what we call “discipline” is just our ability to conform to systems, to structure, to order. You may have great ideas, raw talent, and ambition. 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