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Graham Strong's avatar

Congrats on 150, Punit! Keep 'em coming!

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Thank you so much Graham for your kind words. 🙏

Large parts of my motivation come from your amazing work in "To Write With Wild Abandon". You are awesome!

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Graham Strong's avatar

Thanks Punit -- we definitely have a positive feedback loop happening here!

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

🕺🕺

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Hina Thakkar's avatar

This is the best out of 150.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Thank you 🙏

I worked the hardest on this one 😊

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Barbara Charis's avatar

Great going on your 150th substack!!! It was a most perceptive poem! Thank you for sharing!

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Woohoo! Thank you Barbara 🤗

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Happy 150th, Punit!

Such a gorgeous poem! What I love about 'Hello Universe' is your gift to inspire me every time I read one of your poems, and the way that you inevitably make me feel a different way towards the world and to reflect on how I've been thinking about things and how I can differently think about those things.

Hmmmm, does that even make sense? I do hope so! Your work is wonderful - here's to your next 150 posts! 🥳

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Oh my God! That makes total sense Rebecca. It is so kind of you to share your feelings about Hello Universe. I feel super blessed that my writing can have such deep impact on a reader.

Especially so when the reader is you, someone who I look up to 🙏🙏

Cheers to the next 150! 🥂

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Rebecca Holden's avatar

Awwww, thanks, Punit! 😊

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Igor Ranc's avatar

Congrats on this big milestone!

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Woohoo, thanks Igor! And congratulations to you for the exceptional growth of Handpicked Berlin 💪💪

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Vrushali's avatar

Trust me. Everything will fall in place at the right time.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Thank you 🤗🤗

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Blake Roberts's avatar

Having read Hello Universe since early 2023, my favorite themes of this publication are the ones which Punit identified in this post: perseverance, optimism and time.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

Thanks Blake for being around for more than a year. I'm glad you love Hello Universe and all that I write here 🤗

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