"I want to be more like water, and less like steel."
This is a beautifully poetic and powerful statement.
You have written a lot of articles with valuable insight into a "better" world and you have had so much success here on Steemit. Yet I am maybe more moved by this post than any others because you are being sooooo real!
I truly cherish and respect honesty, authenticity especially when someone can express it in an arena like this.
"My weakness is that I do not know how to receive or relax. I don't like myself enough because my visions of the world have not yet materialized. Therefore I am restless....happiness is only reserved for those who are not tirelessly working towards a new vision of the future."
Vulnerability is a GREAT strength and I see many strengths you embody. We ALL have weaknesses yet many are not willing to be honest or responsible with them.
By being so honest here not only do you create space for your own evolution but you inspire and facilitate evolution for others!
This may just be the greatest gift anyone can give.
Thank you for your vulnerability and honesty.
Thanks. I decided recently that it is enough to be here writing on STeemit. I was trying to manage several things, like when I was working for Dash. I had two full-time jobs. It was exhausting me. So, i am enough to just write my thoughts and run a school for Steem. Maybe that is enough! thanks for reading my thoughts....they are only thoughts!
They may only be thoughts but they are honest and vulnerable thoughts of which I feel have great value.
To me health and happiness is of the utmost importance. I have been dedicated to the cause of improving the world and creating real solutions to real problems and work on it 7 days a week. It is a burden sometimes but when I am doing what I truly believe in it fuels me despite the weight of the responsibility.
I know I don't know you that well but it seems to me that Steemit is part of your destiny. You have been quite an influence over the life of Steemit and continue to help it grow and thrive.
I think you would not only help this community a great deal by just focusing on Steemit but that you would also be well compensated for it so that you may sustain your own life and not need to exhaust your self with other jobs.
I hope to be able to contribute something valuable to you one day and am grateful for all you have contributed to this community.
thanks for your kind response and opinion.
Thank you for all your love and contributions to this community and for responding to my comment!
I am finding it a bit challenging to respond to everyone...it's true...You one of the ones who I think is the next generation....I think you already live in an ecovillage eh?
Oh yes I completely understand how many comments you get and how much time that would require to respond sufficiently to each one. I don't think you should feel obligated to respond to all comments especially with how much spam and lame comments there are these days.
That is why I specifically thanked you not only for what you contribute to this community but for responding to my comment as I am aware of how much time u spend on all of that already.
Yes I am a HUGE proponent of living in conscious sustainable community. I founded and built The Garden of Eden 9 years ago and it gets better every year!
We fed 40,000 free meals in just one year, plus we educate tens of thousands a year on health, building, gardening, sustainable living, craft and trade skills and much more.
If you want to check it out you can.
@gardenofeden also www.intothegardenofeden.com
this is cool, and part of the vision i have for my own community. I think I could learn a lot from yours.