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RE: Summer Reflection #29: Lock 'em Out

in Reflections4 months ago

Interesting idea, that of everyone focusing a bit of their energy, perhaps just 10% of the time they a lot to Hive, to do something really selfless, whose sole purpose is to build up the commuity.

Personally I feel many would say that they can't because they are not a developer or whale.

But in my humble opinion making hive better every day is like walking along the beach, throwing stranded starfish back into the sea.

Everytime I open a new posts section on a community and I see a group of posts with 20 dollars and a group of posts with less then 50 cents, I like to go and read those posts to see if they are really bad, or if the creator is just new and has no network. In the case of the former, I move on, but in the case of the latter I make a point to leave a large upvote and a decent comment.

Now some might say my behavior doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things because the number of ignored new content creators who quit and leave is so big, that my saving one doesn't matter.

But I would say, it mattered to that one.And it mattered to the very first one, and the last one. So little by little my small efforts add up.

As for your daughter, I think it's great that she is asking these questions, and that you are teaching her value appraisal. This is truly the way she will learn to prioritize her time and efforts and feel fulfillment from the process and hopefully the product.

Good Luck, parenting is a huge challenge. I often didn't know if what I was doing was wrong or right, but as long as I remembered I am the parent and not the friend, and I did everything with a huge dose of love and respect, things mostly turned out alright. When I didn't , they mostly didn't, but there are always exceptions to your rules, you will learn from, if you are present and listen.

Take care, may good health come to you and bad health misplace your address.

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I think all of our behaviors matter, whether to other people or ourselves. I often wonder how people look at themselves in the mirror after they behave the way they do. Do they feel good about themselves? This is a statement not just from here, but all of that social media nonsense where people go out of their way to hurt others, to score points against the enemy, from the safety of behind their screens.

I have a saying for everyone I train, and my children.

You will never regret being to nice to someone. But, if your mean or nasty to someone in need and later find out how much a kind word or helpful attitude would have helped them feel better, or that they were human and mattered you will regret it and regret acting badly.