Happiness Challenge: AND THE WINNERS ARE.......!?!

Starting off with a HUGE drumroll, and a standing ovation, for EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO STEPPED UP - donated, entered, resteemed, sponsored or whatever. Steem community thinking beyond themselves and the next juicy upvote? Yes. Just yes. New paradigm thinking, driven by more than just personal need or greed. People coming together and understanding that 1+1 can, and frequently does, =3 ....and that there can be a juicy upvote too. Which makes it 5. That's a very happy place to be!

The Happiness Challenge.

It started on quiet Monday morning, in my heart, here in Northern Thailand. @richardcrill shared about the work of @littledisciples in the @freedomtribe discord, and invited us to contribute to the work @lopezdaniel is doing with, and for, the indigenous children of Venezuela.

I sent the weeny little bit of steem I had liquid to their breakfast-food-security program, and then felt out-of-sorts and disgruntled all morning because the little I had given didn't feel like enough. And so, over an organic fresh coffee in my Northern Thai kitchen, I resolved to do what I COULD do. And the result is the Happiness Challenge.

I AM THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE that @freedomtribe raised an AWESOME 36.5 steem and 8.0 SBD for the Venezuelan children's food security program.

In a spirit of complete transparency, the entries we received are as follows:

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16/05 @walkerland
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@walkerland/love-love-love-love-a-happy-place-nestled-deep-in-my-heart-love-love-love-love

17/05 @trucklife-family
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@trucklife-family/all-about-my-happy-place-the-happiness-steem-challenge

17/05 @riverflows
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@riverflows/happiness-is-hanging-out-with-you

17/05 @porters
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@porters/freedom-tribe-happiness-challenge-my-happy-place

18/05 @sagescrub
https://steempeak.com/ecotrain/@sagescrub/my-happy-place-and-how-i-get-out-of-an-emotional-hole

18/05 @minismallholding
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@minismallholding/retreating-to-my-happy-place-sfldpnk9

19/05 @carlgnash
https://steempeak.com/family/@carlgnash/my-happy-places-freedomtribe-happiness-challenge-entry

19/05 @nainaztengra
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@nainaztengra/my-happy-place-the-happiness-steem-challenge-by-freedomtribe

19/05 @eco-alex
https://steempeak.com/ecotrain/@eco-alex/my-happy-places-freedomtribe-happiness-challenge-entry

19/05 @vibesforlife
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@vibesforlife/the-happiest-place-in-the-whole-world

19/05 @chireerocks
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@chireerocks/my-happy-place-poetry-piece-happiness-steem-challenge-5d3189fe050a1

20/05 @plantstoplanks
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@plantstoplanks/happiness-in-the-kitchen-freedomtribe-happiness-steem-challenge

21/05 @steemflow
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@steemflow/what-could-be-a-happy-place-8e0ef5078aaad

21/05 @lopzdaniel
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@lopzdaniel/my-happy-place-w9nkz9tv

22/05 @rem-steem
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@rem-steem/spread-happiness-my-happy-place

22/05 @daniscib
https://steempeak.com/ecotrain/@daniscib/myhappyplaces-thehappinesssteemchallenge-8cp6d6b3ln

22/05 @alchemage
entry fee generously contributed but no actual entry

24/05 @bewithbreath
https://steempeak.com/spreadthelove/@bewithbreath/my-happy-place-response-to-the-happiness-steem-challenge-by-freedomtribe

24/05 @ichki
https://partiko.app/@ichki/freedomtribe-happiness-challenge-10year-old-s-view

24/05 @richardcrill
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@richardcrill/freedom-tribe-happiness-challenge

24/05 @lizelle
entry fee generously contributed but no actual entry

26/05 @whatamidoing
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@whatamidoing/the-place-i-m-happiest

27/05 @in2itveart
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@in2itiveart/the-happiness-challenge-from-freedomtribe-on-steempeak

27/05 @metametheus
https://steempeak.com/freedomtribe/@metametheus/happiness-is

27/05 @riverflows
https://steempeak.com/naturalmedicine/@riverflows/medicine-pottering-relaxing-in-a-happy-place

28/05 @nateonsteemit
https://steempeak.com/happinesschallenge/@nateonsteemit/this-is-my-happy-place-ya1fkg6i

29/05 @priyanarc
https://steempeak.com/life/@priyanarc/i-choose-to-be-happy

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That gave us a PRIZE POOL of 50 steem!! Woooo Hooooo!

Take a bow, everybody!!

WE ALSO had several people giving over and above the 2.00 steem entry fee, so we raised and ADDITIONAL 11.50 steem and 8.0 SBD in direct donations.

Soooo.... from our 50 steem prize pool, 25 steem goes to @littledisciples as our collective donation.

• 12.50 steem goes to the first prize winner
• 7.50 steem goes to the second prize winner
• 5.00 steem goes to third place winner

Our Happiness Challenge was judged by @richardcrill, @riverflows and @artemislives. Take a bow for a huge donation and commitment of time quietly donated.

Without further ado:

FIRST PRIZE goes to #vibesfor life for her post The Happiest Place In The Whole World

SECOND PRIZE goes to @metametheus for his post Happiness Is

THIRD PLACE goes to @trucklife-family for her post All About My Happy Place

Winners: check your wallets n the next 48 hours!

@littledisciples - in the next 48 hours you have 36.5 steem and 8 SBD coming from all of us to help get some hungry indigenous children fed.

The first 20 entries (see list above) - basically @walkerland through to @whatamidoing - you will all receive 1 steem each from @theinnerblocks as the first 20 entries.

If you WANT to, you're welcome to forward that 1.0 steem to @littledisciples as an extra, further donation, but no pressure.

10 of you also, have already received 0.5 steem from our other sponsor, @naturalmedicine, for being the first eager-beaver resteemers.

The resteeming and spreading the word MATTERS and contributed to our collective success - so thank you to each of you, and to @naturalmedicine for your generosity.

Who are the biggest winners today?? WE ARE. All of us. Cos in focusing on, and inviting, more happiness into our thoughts, we are literally making more Happiness in the world. Every Single Day.

@freedomtribe invies you to focus on, manifest and to post often (using the tag so we can find you!) our core values of #truth #life #freedom #love and #happiness

I (@artemislives) would like to personally thank each of you for helping me to STEP UP and to make a difference in Venezuela. We are all FREE TO STEP UP anytime, anywhere, to change the paradigms, to usher in an economy of giving, and to use the steem platform creatively and well. My deep appreciation to @richardcrill for making my small contribution possible and being such a delight to collaborate with.

Consider joining the @freeomtribe - start with a modest delegation of 50SP, find us in the discord, and use the tags.

Together We Can

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This post & The Happiness Challenge were crafted by @artemislives
Writer, thinker, mama & universal traveler - creating Pure Thai Natural fair trade, sustainable, herbal products in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand.

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