FINAL DAY OF SUBMISSION TONIGHT!

Hellooooo steemians! I know it's been a while since the last time I updated about my extended hand-lettering contest so here it is. As promised, tonight at 11:59 is the deadliest deadline for submission of entries. If there will be no more entries for the remaining hours, at 12MN, the contest will be declared closed.

For the past 3 days, 3 more aspiring contestants sent in their entries.

You might want to check the previous entries on this link.

Click the picture to check their entries directly to their original post.

ENTRY no. 7

"THERE IS ALWAYS A SILVER LINING."

Artwork by @renalexis

Life never goes on without you encountering some problems along the way. I had my fair share of obstacles and challenges in my 24 years of existence and I know that I will be facing more in the future. This quote is a reminder to myself that even the worst of storms will pass by in time.

Life is indeed a roller-coaster ride. According to @renalexis, she had encountered obstacles in her 24 years of existence. She's always hopeful that no matter how hard life can get, she'll have better days ahead. I guess that's what makes life challenging. It will be more worth living if we have surpassed all of the struggles and we learned to be strong and ready for whatever will be coming ahead of us.

ENTRY no. 8

"LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE ANYTHING BUT HAPPY."

Artwork by @maylyn09

But when I look at my children's eyes, I see my purpose. I see my worth. I found happiness. This illness made me sad and miserable. My past is miserable. But I realized, why should I be blue? while there's thousands of reasons to be happy? I have kids. I am blessed. I have God.

In this entry, @maylyn09 explained how miserable she was with her past experiences and all the struggles in life she have experienced, but then she realized that she's more than blessed than anyone else. She's blessed to still be breathing and alive and seeing her children and her family. This made me realize that no matter how unfortunate we become or life may get unfair, we should always look on the brighter side of life. Happiness solely depends on how we think and how we see things around us.

ENTRY no. 9

"YOU'LL NEVER KNOW IF YOU NEVER TRY."

Artwork by @llivrazav

This quote created a great impact on me, it boosted the percentage of my oh so low confidence. I am the person who always play the safest, i tend not to take risk unknowingly what will happen if i do so. This quote was the push i needed to step out of my comfort zone. As what it says, you'll never know if you never try. You can't stay curious forever, get out and try out. Learn! because learning is a lifetime process.

This hand-lettered quote by @llivrazav is about grabbing opportunities and taking a leap on once in a lifetime chances. You will never know what it will be like if you never tried. Life is about getting out of one's comfort zones and experiencing what life has to offer.

There you have it guys! I'm really overwhelmed for all the people who shared their artworks with us and that I'm happy to know that there are people who share the same passion with mine here in the platform. I have seen in their blogs how they made an effort in doing their entry and the stories behind their artworks also touched me and made me realize more about life and appreciate it more. I hope to see more like these in the future.

Announcement of winners will be posted anytime tomorrow so please stay updated.

Best of luck to all the contestants and from the bottom of my heart,
THANK YOU SO MUCH
for taking part and making this contest a successful one.

All the love,

@kyanzieuno