Gratitude Day 23/62: Community

God sets the solitary in families.

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Today, I want to thank God for communities. What makes a social network like Steemit or any other social network really special is the communities. Sure, there is the software and the money. These things are extremely attractive and important but it's the people that really count. I was talking to one lady about Steemit months ago and her primary concern was "what kinds of people are on Steemit". I told her that she could be the trailblazer and bring her own tribe to the blockchain. She couldn't. She wasn't a trailblazer. She didn't find her tribe and so she left.

One thing I have learned is that people are very communal. No one likes to be alone. No one is supposed to be alone. The essence of social media is to connect people with one another.

When I came to the Steem Blockchain, I didn't come under any community. I don't even remember if we had communities back then, I was just floating in the ocean of Steem trying to find my Steem and then I joined the @stach community. That was a wild journey for me. I feel that I am on the verge of something new. I have birth pangs.

In Nigeria, there are many Steem communities. Some of them are based on certain niches, some are bound by a vision or a project and others are others are just sects that come together because they have to, it's human nature.

My greatest achievement in Steemit is the network that I have built. I value relationships. I value communities. If you are new here, I'll advice you to treat people well. Value people and community. Find a community and know your place in that community.

In any great community, you would find different people with different talents. I remember when there were no traders in the Steem blockchain. The community has grown so much.

There are three groups of people in any community, the good, the bad and the ugly. Ok, there may be more than three. In a community you will find people that have no clue what is going on, they are just adrift, floating with the tides and jumping from one place to another. There are people who know everything but do nothing. They are brilliant and intellectually sound but they lack the naivety to take action. In a platform like Steem, in order to survive and thrive, you have to be a little bit naive, you have to believe the impossible. People who are very wise, old and smart and grave will never succeed in Steemit because they would try to rationalize everything.

Then there are people who don't know so much but they act and take Steps and in doing so learn in the process. I applaud this group, they have the most faith.

Some people are only interested in helping others for free. For these people, the ability to just touch lives is enough for them. On the contrary, they are some others who are just interested in exploiting others for their own selfish gain.

I started my Steem blockchain journey as a novice in many things. Now that I'm looking look back with a more informed perspective, I'm filled with many emotions. I feel some regret for not experimenting more. I feel I should have taken more actions. Anyways, Steemit has not even started. It is still in beta.

One day we will all look at and remember our activities on Steem. How will you be remembered? I want to be remembered as the guy who did good and who contributed to making things better. I wnat to be remembered as the giver(the lover).

Today is day 23 of my #gratitudeday challenge and I am grateful for all the communities that make this Blockchain awesome.

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Special thanks to all those that participated in #gratitudeday22. Please if I failed to mention your name, do leave a comment below in the comment section.

@julietisrael
@ohakfarm
@gloeze
@oredebby
@esttyb
@uche-nna
@vintageverve
@botefarm
@fattybabe
@jo5h
@omoyiwolabusayo
@dinah4sure
@maribelquere97
@liltom
@gledy81
@josyweed
@victoriasarai17
@bakhtiarzehri
@oladayoamusan
@uche-nna
@joejoesky
@mayorfaruk
@mattyabo

Every day is gratitude day.
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What is Gratitude Day?

Gratitudeday is all about being thankful for the things that are happening in your life. A lot of us go through life taking things for granted. The goal is to challenge you to make a blog post about something you are grateful for. It could be big or small. It doesn't matter. Little things matter. I'll be doing this for 62 days (62 is not a random number). It's not an endurance game, you can join in anytime you want and opt out anytime you want.

How to Participate in #GratitudeDay Challenge

Upvote my #gratitudeday post
Resteem my #gratitudeday post(not compulsory)
Write a post about anything you are grateful for.
Use the tag #gratitudeday23

Your post should be done within 24hrs of the making of this post so as to get curated.**

Use the tag #gratitudeday23 if you want me to find your post easily.

You may drop the link to your post in the comments below.

This is What I Will Do if you participate in Gratitude Day Challenge.
I'll upvote your post
I'll note your name in my spreadsheet, that you qualify for the grand prize of 62SBD. The grand prize is now unknown.

Thank you very much.