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reative too.</b></p><p id="df6c">We can learn from nature and bend a bit to meet others halfway. Maybe there is a way to connect and become stronger.</p><p id="93d3">Every year our trees reach new heights. They branch out in more directions and bloom with all their might. Human beings can do the same if we focus on growth opportunities in life.</p><figure id="c1d5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*6v1pGAwDt-0SkAhvfSH6hw.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Trista Signe Ainsworth. Our cherry tree is in full bloom.</figcaption></figure><p id="eec4">When we choose to reach toward the light instead of turn away in fear, we become a source of healing. Trusting life as it curves, bends, and twists around in unimaginable ways is how we can become whole.</p><figure id="0cb8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*OfGyPkbqMg07n1yE0Asc1A.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Trista Signe Ainsworth. Our cherry tree is in full bloom.</figcaption></figure><p id="3af1">The spaces in-between moments of joy can bring us solace as well. Like a tree with many branches, not all bloom at once. We can remind ourselves our time is not only now but also in the coming moments.</p><figure id="8cff"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Y8BLY8B0RDqut3S5VSRV6A.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Trista Signe Ainsworth. Striking red spring blooms in our garden.</figcaption></figure><p id="a5e8">Every unfolding of our destiny is beautiful. Flowers reveal themselves one petal at a time. Long ago, I wanted

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to map out my future. Now, I am excited to live each day as it comes.</p><p id="3f3d">The universe has unbelievable magic in store for all of us. When we become a branch and learn to be flexible, all moments will bring peace.</p><figure id="b2d1"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*n2dReLdRWnVH9ziegyShXg.jpeg"><figcaption>Image by Trista Signe Ainsworth. Bright daffodils in the garden.</figcaption></figure><p id="9321"><b><i>My wish for you today is for you to bloom where you are. Accept life’s twists and turns as you become a branch of peace. In this way, you will find a spark of joy throughout your days.</i></b></p><p id="c39d">Today I want to share my dear friend <a href="undefined">Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi</a>’s lovely collection of singing mantras and meditations. I find her work to be soothing, loving, and light-filled. Thank you, Gabriella, for sharing your light in this world.</p><div id="1ad4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/meditation-and-mantra-singing-you-tube-collection-90b225697d0d"> <div> <div> <h2>Meditation and Mantra Singing YouTube Collection</h2> <div><h3>Bring the light into your life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*YCHRCuKMkAFiVhgBF8HLZQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Medium Is Truly A Global Community

The thrill of changes from the existing pattern to the new.

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I joined Medium in September 2020. I did not know what Medium was about. My son made me aware of Medium that I could think of joining it as therapy during the Covid pandemic so I would not feel very lonely at home.

The day I started and self-published I found a community. Immediately 15 people followed me and read my post. I did not know how the system operates but I found it friendly. I opened a WordPress account and failed as I did not know how to get people over to my site. It started with a few followers but my interest waned and I closed it and went back to Medium.

I evolved over time and learned so many things. I found that there was something called MPP and another called statistics that people referred to all the time.

I made a deeper analysis and found that MPP was something that I was not entitled to.

The reason was that I lived in India. If I was an Indian who lived in the USA I could be a member but if my residence showed India, I was not eligible. This was really sad. Stripe did not cover India and Medium had only 1 method of payment when PayPal, Google Pay and so many other methods of payment systems are available.

Several changes came about in the last almost three years but MPP countries were untouched and everyone was expectantly waiting for this change.

The time has come to celebrate that the waiting period is over as it has finally been extended to include India and other countries not covered by MPP.

Several changes are indicated such as Quality over quantity, the value of claps highlights, comments, followers, audience engagement, read ratios, payment systems, etc.

I would like to share the happiness and some comments and changes about Medium that are coming from the posts of writers that I read.

Greetings to everyone from India!

It was Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles who brought the amazing news first in the Dancing Press Elephants group of writers that MPP has been extended to India. Indeed we are all very happy to receive this wonderful news and you can read it in Medium Says, ‘Welcome India!’.

Then I published a post by Susie Kearley Medium Partner Program Extended to Include More Countries. According to her analysis Claps, highlights follows and comments will also make a difference to the earnings of writers.

Purbita Chakraborty was excited about the changes in Medium being extended to other countries including about publishing of quality articles in place of quantity. You can read about her view in Finally, Medium Heard Us Who Can’t Churn Out Content Daily. She had been very concerned because she found it difficult to write every day and found that her views went down drastically if she did not write every day.

Rakshit Shah wrote that he had been wanting to be a part-time blogger to be able to write in his free time but could not do so although he tried his level best since 2017 and now he expressed his happiness in the post Launch of the Medium Partner Program in India.

Yana Bostongirl wrote extensively about the changes coming on Medium and how personal stories are going to be very important in the next phase.

Here is her post. You can read about the changes on Medium from August and how they will impact the writers:

Buckle Up For the New Changes Coming to Medium in August!

Hint: Whoever said high audience engagement was a vanity metric will soon be rethinking their opinion

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Questions That I would like to understand:

Three questions every writer is pondering over and no one has answers to it yet. Everyone is waiting for more clarity.

🍕 People who already have many referrals and depend on them, what will be the outcome of doing away with it? Will it impact the existing referrals or will they be valid till the membership of the person who joined with someone’s link?

🍕🍕In the new quality system of Medium, will there be a preferred niche or length of an article? What will be the fate of the poets and artists? Will this new system spark creativity and people will be inspired to write something valuable?

🍕🍕🍕People residing in countries of MPP continued their address even though they had migrated back to their home countries. Now that Medium has opened the MPP in 12 more countries how will they shift their membership to these countries from their previous address?

I will leave the readers and writers to find out how it is going to impact them and whether they will be in a favorable or unfavorable position. Time will soon tell.

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