After a few days of exploring and learning from this amazingly intriguing website, I am happy to finally sit down and introduce myself. I'm not going to try to write and describe to the community who I am, though...
To loosely quote someone else's wise words, who is merely a function of what, so who I am seems rather irrelevant in comparison to what I am. To any of you, I'm just a collection of pictures with a username.
Chances are, you will never see me, you will never speak to me. You will never hear my voice or feel my heart beat. You will most likely never get to witness the waves of joy, anger, or sorrow that from time to time shine through my eyes. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, nor is it a good thing (well, maybe for some of you it would be), it is merely a cold concrete fact of life in this age of internet. Anyways, back to the question of what I am:
I am a student, a teacher, a friend, a lover, and a fighter. I am an adventurer and explorer, a redneck chemist, and a spiritual warrior. I work as a carpenter's apprentice, a laborer, a retail clerk, and building babysitter (property maintenance), which kind of means you can consider me something of a jack of all trades.
I first heard about the Steem and the Steemit community from a youtube video introducing me to D-Tube, and I followed the rabbit hole here. From what I've seen these past few days I am truly amazed....
As you can already see, I love to write, it is one of my favorite pastimes. I don't do it for a living, or for anyone in particular. I write simply for its own sake, and until now a very select few outside of my close friends have had the chance to read anything I've put to paper. What drew me to Steemit, above all else, is that it seems to be a worthy outlet for my expression.
I dont think anyone truly realized what the creators of Steem really did, or how drastically they changed the internet, when this website went live. It kind of goes without saying that unlike many of the users here, I'm here solely to attempt to make money. True, the opportunity for an extra revenue stream was the main selling point that attracted me to look into this platform. However, what I saw when I came to explore this site was that the system of reward offered here has begun, in a beautiful and organic way, qto coax out and coalesce a community bound together in a spirit of complexity and intelligent creativity that before was greatly hidden behind the superficial and largely fictitious faces of online social media. What I have seen so far in the Steemit community is a source of inspiration and a hub of creativity encouraged by the positive feedback of people from all areas of the world and from all walks of life. Far from the 3 second attention spans of twitter/instagram/facebook and negativity that follows those and many other platforms, it is a like breath of fresh air in a smog-filled city.
I seek to be a part of this spirit, to share my thoughts and words and to help uplift, inspire, and encourage all who see them. I can't promise to post new things every day, only to offer some unique food for thought and try my best to give to you the best of what I can share. Together we can work to help heal our broken world, one inspired soul at a time.
Thank you all for sharing in this journey with me ;)
Welcome to Steemit @thespiritwithin:)!
Thanks janus,
Btw, this was pretty awesome.... I never would have thought to make that connection but alot of it makes sense, its the creatives (art, music, film, literature) that drive much of the social change our countries experience
https://steemit.com/norway/@janusface/is-there-a-link-between-psychopathy-and-creativity
Agreed. Glad you liked it:)
Welcome to steemit
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Welcome to Steem @thespiritwithin I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Thanks for the love brotha
@thespiritwithin Are you dating the 3 of those women? lol
If only I were that lucky ;) I think its every guy's dream to have a harem like that, and while I love surrounding myself with beautiful happy hippies I highly doubt my gf would give me permission lol plus, because I love them I'd be afraid to I'd lose them as friends if any of that awesome stuff happened (not to mention hurt the one I'm dating)
Welcome to the Steemit.com community! I’m also new here.
Followed and up-voted. Please consider following me and checking out my past posts:
Intro:
https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@rebele93/another-minnow-learning-to-swim-in-a-very-big-pond
Cheers,
Mike Bryant (AKA: Rebele93)
https://steemit.com/@rebele93
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Nice introduction post! Glad you made it onto this platform. It’s going to change your life, hope you have a good time. If you have any doubts, you can always join Steemit.chat and ask for #help.
Thanks for the love and info, the more I find out about this platform the more confusing everthing seems lol
Welcome to steemit!!
It seems we found this platform through similar means, judging from your post, and I'm glad to find similarly minded persons on this network. I am within my first hour active on steemit, currently, and I am still exploring the content to decide how I'd personally like to use it. Finding your post definitely encourages me to get involved with Dtube, as well.
I thoroughly enjoy your writing style, and the depth of your articulation, which is why I am upvoting this post, and following you as soon as I finish this comment. Keep up the awesome writing.
Thanks brother, I'll try my best to feed you with some killer stories and inspired thoughts
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your post is Amazing @thespiritwithin i like your post.
i just upvoted your post and send a tip
Thank you :)
welcome thespiritwithin,,,, and good luck
Thank you :)
Welcome to the community @thespiritwithin. I like your idea of living the life we have. Its nice to have you onboard and see you around.
Thank you :)
Youre welcome
Great post love the creativity, be sure too check out my content!
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I already love it, you've got some great insight
Hey welcome to steemit. You look like you have had countless adventures and will continue having them. I like your neck piece by the way. If you got questions, I'd be happy to help in anyway that i can. Goodluck to infinity and beyond @kingbach
Thanks man, make sure to drop a line when you finally share the meaning of life with us I could really use a some of that knowledge
Much love
Wonderful! Welcome! I'm also new here. Love it and hope to inspire and be inspired.
I'm glad you like this, its safe to say I admire your talent... As someone with no musical ability I have a deep admiration for anyone who can sing and play and create songs