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praisingod

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praisingod
@praisingod Jul 12, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC

On Addiction: The Quiet Loop

Addiction doesn’t usually start as addiction. It starts as a solution. The first drink quiets the noise. The first scroll makes the loneliness smaller. The first win on the game makes you feel capabl…

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praisingod
@praisingod Jul 9, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC

The Block Factory That Learned to Listen

The factory on the edge of town didn’t make ordinary concrete blocks. At first glance it looked like any other yard: gray dust on the ground, pallets stacked high, the hum of the mixer in the morning…

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@praisingod Jul 8, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC

The Last Page of the Ink Well

Mara found the ink well on a rainy Tuesday, tucked behind the loose brick in the back room of the community library. It wasn’t a fountain or a pen. It was a small ceramic bowl, glazed blue, with a si…

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@praisingod Jul 7, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC

The Mapmaker’s Daughter

My father made maps that were technically wrong. He didn’t put in roads or street names. He drew the city the way people remembered it. Here was the mango tree where I fell and learned to ride a bike…

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@praisingod Jul 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

The seat by the window

Every morning at 6:42 AM, an old man sat in the last seat by the window on the bus. He never talked. Just held a paper bag and got off at the hospital stop. Aisha saw him for 8 months straight on her…

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@praisingod May 18, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

An Advice to the Unknown

If you’re reading this, I don’t know your name. I don’t know if it’s 2 AM where you are, or if your hands are shaking because of anger, fear, or just too much coffee. I don’t know what you said to th…

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@praisingod May 14, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC

How the sky learned my heartbeat

At dawn, the clouds were thin and fast, stretched out like breath held too long. Maya woke to them. Her chest felt tight, like it had all night — that quiet, clenched ache that comes after you’ve cri…

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@praisingod May 12, 2026, 3:55 AM UTC

The clockmakers last tooth

In a quiet town by the Niger Delta, old Baba Ime was the only one who still repaired clocks. His shop smelled of oil, dust, and burnt coffee. People said his hands could hear time. One evening, a boy…

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@praisingod May 10, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

About me🤵

Hello everyone, My name is Praise, and I’m really excited to finally be here on the Hive blockchain. I am a writer... Actually, I first heard about Hive sometime last year from a friend. I only offic…

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