What stayed with me most while reading this was the distinction you make between chasing an audience and entering a community, and how differently the work feels when it’s rooted in connection instead of expectation. There’s something deeply honest about naming the quiet wins, the missteps, the pauses, and still choosing to keep writing. Gratitude here doesn’t feel performative or tidy. It feels lived in, earned, and shared. Thank you for naming how growth often happens without applause, and how returning to yourself can be the most meaningful success of all.
I started to understand the difference between community and audience. And I realized when we give more space to gratitude instead of resentment or frustration, life is more balanced. It’s not about optimism but about being present and always look for something beautiful even in the dark.
Thank you, Odel, for the kind mention. I genuinely enjoy your notes. I find them deep, soulful and inspiring. Keep showing up.. we are all in this together. Wishing you a happy, peaceful, joy-filled Christmas. And, well done for writing a book!
Thanks, Odel! I loved our conversations, and I'm so glad the Australian story inspired you. You are doing great work that many can benefit from. Yes, please send me a heads-up when your "Ode to Solitude" comes out. Have a great holiday season!
I enjoyed your article and notes. I appreciate your writing style and there are so much information, some of them is like traveling while sitting in my couch reading at home.
And of course, I will you the heads-up for the poem. It should be this Friday.
I think that I felt in love with your writing style from the first time we talk. You’re like my opposite.
While I am always direct, just tell the things straight, you are amazing with words and even the hard truths can be sound nice with you. I should be the Asura, but I can’t accept to be the villain of my own story 🤣😁🤪.
I’ll be counting on you.
Thank you for being here. Thanks to Amit to have made it happen sooner!
That’s very cute of you to say, and now I’m smiling like I got caught doing something kind on purpose. You being direct and me sneaking truths around the long way feels like a good little balance—two different tools in the same pocket. No villains allowed, only complicated heroes who keep trying. I’m really glad you’re here with me. Happy holidays, and yes… we keep going, side by side.
This was incredibly moving, Odel. Your reflection on gratitude as an inner turning point — not tied to outcomes, numbers, or applause resonated so deeply with me. I’ve also found gratitude to be one of the most powerful catalysts for real, lasting change in my own life. Not the performative kind, but the quiet kind that comes from finally listening to yourself.
Reading this, I felt so many parallels between our paths. Especially how self-listening and inner growth led you to write a book, not for recognition, but because something inside you needed to be expressed. I walked a very similar road, and I recognize the courage it takes to choose sincerity over validation.
What stayed with me most while reading this was the distinction you make between chasing an audience and entering a community, and how differently the work feels when it’s rooted in connection instead of expectation. There’s something deeply honest about naming the quiet wins, the missteps, the pauses, and still choosing to keep writing. Gratitude here doesn’t feel performative or tidy. It feels lived in, earned, and shared. Thank you for naming how growth often happens without applause, and how returning to yourself can be the most meaningful success of all.
Thanks for your kind words.
I started to understand the difference between community and audience. And I realized when we give more space to gratitude instead of resentment or frustration, life is more balanced. It’s not about optimism but about being present and always look for something beautiful even in the dark.
Yes, I could not agree with this more!
Thank you, Odel, for the kind mention. I genuinely enjoy your notes. I find them deep, soulful and inspiring. Keep showing up.. we are all in this together. Wishing you a happy, peaceful, joy-filled Christmas. And, well done for writing a book!
Thank you Órla!
Glad to know that my notes resonate with you. And I also enjoy yours.
and the work you’re doing for the Christian’s community, for me, is wonderfully beautiful and inspiring.
Thank you, Odel. 🙏
Thanks, Odel! I loved our conversations, and I'm so glad the Australian story inspired you. You are doing great work that many can benefit from. Yes, please send me a heads-up when your "Ode to Solitude" comes out. Have a great holiday season!
Thank you for your kind words.
I enjoyed your article and notes. I appreciate your writing style and there are so much information, some of them is like traveling while sitting in my couch reading at home.
And of course, I will you the heads-up for the poem. It should be this Friday.
Blessings and happy holidays!
This felt like you finally caught yourself by the sleeve and went, “hey. sit. we did a thing.”
Broke, same job, but somehow richer? Elite character development.
The moment you thanked yourself made me do a little nod like, yes, correct, gold star, no notes.
Also the Substack realization—audience vs community—felt like a light clicking on in a quiet room.
Really glad you came back, mirrors in hand, still building, still soft, still stubborn in the good way. (Odel... Asur(k)a saw what you did there..!)
I think that I felt in love with your writing style from the first time we talk. You’re like my opposite.
While I am always direct, just tell the things straight, you are amazing with words and even the hard truths can be sound nice with you. I should be the Asura, but I can’t accept to be the villain of my own story 🤣😁🤪.
I’ll be counting on you.
Thank you for being here. Thanks to Amit to have made it happen sooner!
Let’s keep supporting each other !
Happy holidays ☺️
That’s very cute of you to say, and now I’m smiling like I got caught doing something kind on purpose. You being direct and me sneaking truths around the long way feels like a good little balance—two different tools in the same pocket. No villains allowed, only complicated heroes who keep trying. I’m really glad you’re here with me. Happy holidays, and yes… we keep going, side by side.
Good way to put it. Love it.
Thank you 😊
alexa play grateful by cade thompson
Gonna hear this one.
I like your energy (positive, joy as joy 😁, and authentic).
Thank you for your support and always being here ☺️🙏🏼
wow what did i wake up to, thank you for the kind words hihi 😁 congrats on your book! love seeing you on here 😊
Thank you 😊
Blessings
This was incredibly moving, Odel. Your reflection on gratitude as an inner turning point — not tied to outcomes, numbers, or applause resonated so deeply with me. I’ve also found gratitude to be one of the most powerful catalysts for real, lasting change in my own life. Not the performative kind, but the quiet kind that comes from finally listening to yourself.
Reading this, I felt so many parallels between our paths. Especially how self-listening and inner growth led you to write a book, not for recognition, but because something inside you needed to be expressed. I walked a very similar road, and I recognize the courage it takes to choose sincerity over validation.
Thank you for your kind words.
And it’s true when we make more room for that quiet gratitude, we make our inner peace stronger. We feel less resentment, more stillness.
Yes, less resentment, exactly. That is one of the beautiful benefits of calling gratitude into our daily lives.
You are amazing, your writing also.
I hope we would be able to collaborate in the future.
Thanks for being on Substack and let’s keep pushing each other up !
Happy holidays !