This week, we're breaking up the 'Plant Medicine' challenge with a question that all Steemians are more than welcome to enter. The question comes from @metametheus after a discussion in the Natural Medicine Discord channel and we're really intrigued to discover what your attitude or opinion might be!
Even though we might not want to face the fact we will one day shuffle off this mortal coil, we all do die one day. Some people, knowing this, might have an 'only live once' attitude to life and won't change their lifestyle until illness comes a-knockin'. Others are absolutely obsessed with every morsel of food that passes thier lips. Some might start a mental health practice such as mindfulness due to extreme stress that they realise is going to kill them, and some start it as a preventative measure just coz they know it's going to make them healthier and happier, or are looking for a way to cope with death, or even just a way to understand life.
Do We Live Healthy Lives to Avoid or Postpone Death?
There's many ways to answer this question. You might:
- write about personal experience
- explore a particularly study on longevity
- examine psychological or cultural attitudes toward death
- consider particular diets that are said to help with a longer life
- explore mindful or meditative practices that assist us in coping with the inevitability of our physical deaths
- consider challenging the question
Prizes and Winners
Every valid and worthy entry will recieve a 100 Percent upvote from @naturalmedicine and will be resteemed. We'll also celebrate you in a curation wrap up post that goes out to nearly 800 followers to give you more coverage.
Our favourite entries will be shortlisted by the core Natural Medicine team, and if it's not unanimous, we'll use a random name picker to choose a winner from the shortlist to win 20 Steem!
Plus, 2 runners up will get 5 steem courtesy of @metametheus and @riverflows.
Depending on how many entries we receive, up to 3 runners up may win SBI bonus prizes.
Conditions
- Resteem this post
- Use the tags #naturalmedicine #mindfullife #tribevibes
- Refer and link to this post in your post
- Drop the link under this post so we can find you easily.
- Comment on at least TWO others who wrote on this topic - this might mean checking back around the 25th/26th.
Just posted my response, I'll take a look around and comment when some more entries come in :-)
this is my entry, a herbal plant from my country Philippines.
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@mrnightmare89/gabon-herbal-medicine-acvhklwq
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Yay, I managed to make an entry ๐
https://steempeak.com/naturalmedicine/@frejafri/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death
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Can't wait to read your response!
@naturalmedicine Team, Kindly find my piece below for this contest.
https://steemit.com/poetry/@chireerocks/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death-poetry-piece-naturalmedicine-wisdom-challenge
Have a blessful time ahead.
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Here is my entry for the contest.
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@lavan/do-we-have-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death-a-natural-medicine-wisdom-contest-ogq5vrwt
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I love this question and the opportunity to share wisdom with all those who get involved. Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@trucklife-family/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death
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@naturalmedicine team, I am looking forward to this interesting contest.
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I'm not in the running, but here's my response
https://steempeak.com/naturalmedicine/@riverflows/why-it-always-matters-living-a-healthy-life-response-to-naturalmedicine-challenge-win-20-steem
I'd like to donate another 5 Steem to the prize pool.... either for the prize winner or for runners-up.
I'm really looking forward to reading different responses to this idea. I know it may be quite confronting and challenging to some folk, and hopefully there will be a range of different opinions.
Fabulous. @riverflows will also donate another 5. We'll announce this in a post to go out in the curation post (Sunday UTC/Monday AM AEST) xx
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Kindness. A big piece of a healthy life. Thank you.
It is great fundamental question indeed. Iโm brainstorming with my family and hopefully come up with some quality thoughts to write ๐
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My response:
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@anggreklestari/the-next-door-face-life-or-death-naturalmedicine-wisdom-challenge-a01c0ea8186b3
Thank you so much for providing this challenge, NM
Finally managed to put our thoughts into this - https://steemit.com/mindfullife/@bewithbreath/nm-wisdom-challenge-do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death ๐๐ผ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
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This is an intriguing question @naturalmedicine, so it is a honor to participate in this nice contest. Here goes my entry: https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@byronmushrooms/thinking-about-death-remembers-me-i-have-a-life
Very interesting question prompted here.
All rules followed and here is my entry with touch of my personal sickness story.
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@vibesforlife/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death
Thank you for this challenge. It's a very good one. My thanks too to all of you who have posted on this question.
https://steempeak.com/naturalmedicine/@owasco/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-or-postpone-death
Hereโs an entry!
Here is my entry. I just saw this and got right on it! Thank you for such a great challenge. Wonderful idea and wonderful prizes!
https://steemit.com/busy/@fitinfunfood/why-do-i-lead-a-healthy-life-my-nm-wisdom-challenge-entry
I finally did one!
https://steemit.com/health/@minismallholding/why-live-healthy-when-were-all-going-to-die-anyway-lpuqsuvx
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Thanks for this interesting contest. This is my entry for this challenge. https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@fruityexplorer/nm-wisdom-challenge-healthy-life-to-avoid-or-postpone-death
Here's my ramble: https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@hopehuggs/a-life-with-no-regrets-my-entry-into-the-natural-medicine-wisdom-challenge
Lovin' this Natural Medicine Wisdom Challenge!
Here's my little bit of wisdom - https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@porters/a-response-for-natural-medicines-wisdom-challenge
Just couldn't resist this question โค
https://steemit.com/naturalmedicine/@bearone/do-we-live-healthy-lives-to-avoid-and-postpone-death
The entry is here
2 more comments to go ๐
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