For those that know me you are aware of my beliefs. Those things that I stand for. You are also aware of those things that I will not stand for. Like oppression, hate speech, bullying, degrading of anyone, especially women. They also know there is no human, man nor woman who will ever cause me to be humiliated regardless of their wealth or their position in society. I will only be humiliated by one and only one entity, that being The Great Creator of this Universe.
It is my belief that all Humans, in fact all living things are created equal. We all will fight to the last breath in order to survive.
And those that are weak or sickly and can not defend themselves will and should be protected by those who are capable to do so.
Yes I am old, some might even say feeble, but if I consider you my friend and you need help, I will be there to stand beside you. I as a child was taught to respect, not just people but all things, that family came first, then community, then country.
Those who I follow in this Steemit community, I follow for a reason. I will not even consider a follow for follow post, nor will I consider a female poster who has no respect for her self. I have said it before, that I would have a difficult time here. Yes I fully understand that everyone is different, but I will not compromise my beliefs, my integrity, my morals, just to entice followers in order to gain financially.
I refuse to kiss anyone's butt, I refuse to grovel or to beg. I will choose to follow those who in my eyes hopefully have similar principles.
After reading this, should you feel that you do not want to continue following me, I will understand, no hard feelings, I wish you well in your endeavours.
Yes today Billytwohearts is saddened, l lost a follower, possibly a few, and yes it has affected me deeply. I do not know the reason why this follower left, I can only assume they had their reasons. If I have personally offended them I am TrueType sorry. I will only wish them the best of all things in their future journey.
Those who have read this in its entirety, I thank you.................billytwohearts
hey Billy I miss your comments
Thanks bearbear. I've had a bit of a problem passing a kidney stone for the last week, think I've got it beat now. I do appreciate the concern...............billytwohearts
This is a hard place it seems so far, but I am glad you found me... :)I was feeling a little bit lost in the fast paced masses here, but have slowly found a few people.
I know what your saying. I've found it very hard to locate like minded people, but slowly it does happen.............billytwohearts
I have the best reasons out there to be more saddened than you @billytwohearts
Just write your world and enjoy the site.
I have been slowly losing followers also, but, you know what kind of followers they were? Not the real ones. They were the ones who assumed I would give a follow just because they followed me.
Now, I will admit to being the type of person who will follow someone for a short time to see if they are the type of person I WANT to follow. If I find out they are not... Then I unfollow them. I do not believe that this is something worth you being sad over because it was probably one of those people who aren't following you for "real".
I do feel a little sad about those who have stopped following me, but then I go look at what they post, most of them are either resteemers only, or they don't post at all... Or, they just post stuff I am not interested in. I am okay with this.
Thanks kindly for the comment, maybe I do take things a little too personally................billytwohearts
It's okay that you do, but, you don't want people following you who aren't interested in your content.
If you go look through your feed now, you wanna make sure it's all stuff you're interested in reading, or else you'll never be able to keep up with it. We've gotta be genuine with others, but we've really gotta be genuine with ourselves. A follow means nothing if they're not visiting your posts and interacting.
I hope you post more again soon!
Sorry to hear you have lost some followers. I don't know of course, but if it makes you feel any better, maybe the reason isn't anything negative about you but simply that they're trying to narrow down their feed/support base, as it can easily get overwhelming. I know I struggle to keep up with the people I'm following of which you are one of them, and would really like to upvote more people more often, but with constraints on both time and votes/steem power, it's tough to do. I think HF19 has made it even more difficult, especially for minnows. It's a good thing to maintain our integrity though, as you point out. Steemit is a better place because you are here!
Thank you for your kindness, I truly appreciate that you have taken the time to reply. I do realize how difficult it can be to keep up, and that we can't always reply to every post. This particular situation is just a tad different and a little hard to explain. Again thank you for your concern and thoughtfulness..............billytwohearts
its ok billytwohearts you cant please anybody to like you..just continue whatever you love to do ...im sure right people will come to you!!!godbless to your journey in life...
Thank you for your comment. It's not that I am trying to please everyone please understand, to lose a follower(s) that I totally admired because of the quality of their work, their apparent kindness, their willingness to help others, and their family values..
Yep it is to me very saddening................billytwohearts
:(sorry for that billytwohearts
You are very kind. Thank you.............billytwohearts
your always welcome :)