Let's look for love, stop the hate, and spread #positivity, as @freewritehouse @theluvbug and other communities do
Let's ❤️Show the Love ❤️ Steemians!
There are so many ways. Here is one:
The entire purpose of #theluvbug
is to show love and support
to all the inspiring, uplifting, creative
and simply awesome content on Steemit
that is going unnoticed.
Please forgive me for jumping around a lot, but so many people and their words echoed in my mind last night and I lay awake for hours mulling over things I've read just this week. And it was only Monday.
#HolocaustMemorialDay #HolocaustMemorialDay2020
was yesterday, and I missed the window to post or resteem anything on the right date. This is too late to resteem, but soooo many posts are worth revisiting no matter how "old" the calendar suggests they may be.
Yesterday I finished reading "The tatooist of Auschwitz" ... a novel based on Ludwig "Lale" Eisenberg who became the tattooist from the most infamous concentration camp and on how he tattooed a serial number on the arms of those at who weren't sent directly to the gas chambers.
Click on the link above for more. And just click on the hashtags to call up dozens of fitting tributes and pleas for love and peace to prevail in a world where Anti-Semitism is on the rise (again!) and divisiveness, vs inclusion, seems to rule.
@liliana.duarte also writes in LoveFriday - Love in Auschwitz ,
##> Let's look for love!! More love please!!
This is what I would like to see shared under the #LoveFriday:
- Positivity:
That's the main purpose!! In a world were wars, murthers, robbers, corruption are pumping everywhere, sharing positivity is even more precious;- Romantic or not:
There is plenty of room for romantism, but not only. I personally like every kind of altruistic gestures, that is what makes our world a better place.- Stories, music, photography and any kind of art related:
The window of possibilities is enormous, feel free, but remember it should be proper for all ages (no NSFW please)!
Thank you so much @liliana.duarte for creating this lovely #LoveFriday tag and spreading the love.
Here's another example:
#theluvbug is another great way to spread the love:
#powerhousecreatives #share2steem #theluvbug #blog #writing #steem #life #steemit #blockchain #crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptonews #steemitbloggers #love
#TheLuvBug was launched in March 2018 and has been doing its utmost to support the really hard workers here on the Steemit platform by upvoting and resteeming their content. It would be AMAZING if we were able to support more people, more often - and with your help, we can do that!
Hashtags aside, love abides all over
in diverse Steemit communities, in spite of the negativity, downvoting, strife, political in-fighting, power struggles, and divisiveness some of you may see. I try not to see it. I steer clear of it.
@ntowl
could just ignore the downvoting and negativity, but instead, she did something about it.
Bravo!
This is a freewrite,
and @redheadpei shows here, better than I could ever tell, how profound, moving, poignant, and cathartic freewriting can be. I urge you to click on the link to read the original post, but knowing most people won't, I'm calling attention to it here:
That was a five-minute freewrite... THAT!!!
And yet, incredibly, #freewriting continues to come under fire. Some Steemians say they will "never upvote, comment on, praise, encourage, or even read freewrites."
We know what they are missing!
So many good things
and so much * LOVE * (doesn't it sound like a cliche sometimes?) have emerged in the #freewrite community.
But you needn't take my word for it.
- Try clicking on that hashtag and reading some freewrites.
- Try reading the responses in the comment section. Feel the love.
- Read the prompt post and all the good things @freewritehouse (namely, @mariannewest and so many others) has been doing for others.
I'm not going to define "freewriting" here - just gonna say that most of us who've tried it have come to love it.
@redheadpei's hashtags point to more communities that are all about positivity:
And there are so many more!
@curie
is another group that rewards undervalued conent. I've posted my gratitude to the #curie team in other posts.
@appreciator
Well, you get the idea. Visit any of these hashtags, and one will lead you to another. You know what I'm saying. Let's.....
Spread kindness, peace, forgiveness, patience, and compassion,
not the seeds of negativity.
I concur 100%.
Love surrounds us all, we have only to open ourselves to it, and breathe it in.
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Well said!
Ohhh, I'm horrified at how many freewrites I miss. This, from @owasco:
https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@owasco/coyotes or (for tech-tards like me) https://steemit.com/freewrite/@owasco/coyotes
Not only is this a crisp, clear, polished, professional flash fiction, but it's a testament to the way talent grows and develops with freewriting.
Go @owasco!!!!
I am not sure I understood, but thank you for spreading love and awareness.
Hi @carolkean,
I'm not familiar with several of these, though I've seen them around. But, I'm all for love and positive thinking so...thanks for an upbeat post :)
Thank you for reading it!
I'm on a mission to counteract the negativity of a certain downvoter.
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Much love to you from all of us at @helpie!
Keep up the great work!
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Spreading love it is.
Writing freewrites and publishing them is an act of courage, reading freewrites is an act of love. I pity those who can not see the value of either of these. Their loss.
Well said!
Also, I do not put much stock in the literary judgment of those who call themselves "serious" and "professional" -- I trust my own judgment and ignore the two-star bandits. Maybe I'm overly generous with some of my 5-star reviews, but one in particular, I defend. Yes, the Indie Author missed a few typos ("sloppy! lazy!") - but this book remains one of my all-time favorites. It's brilliant. The author, a doctor, became a mother and never found time to publish another novel. (She uses a pen name; I've never found her online.)
The Neanderthal's Aunt by Gina DeMarco is relevant with #coronvirus spreading
5 Stars - a book I can read five times and laugh out loud every time - and cry, too!
Oh you are good. I never want to find myself on your bad side. xo
And I ordered the book, loved your review of it.
I was going to give you a copy! I was waiting to hear if you prefer Kindles, like I do!
I hope you love this even half as much as I do. How anyone could 2- or 3-star it was beyond me.
The timing, the sequences of events, the convergence of events: it was Shakesperian, the way Romeo and Juliet have that exquisite sense of timing. If this, then that. Every even matters, even the transport van of prisoners early in the novel. The heroine's research, which was back story at first, but mattered, later on....in this age of the blockchain, not just of the internet:
I can't wait to hear what you think of this novel! Whenever I discover an author I love, I want to form a fan club and discuss the whole story, spoilers and all. Book reviews prohibit spoilers. There goes the fun for me exclaiming over the best parts.
Amy Rogers, a publisher (ScienceThrillers) said at goodreads that she gets a lot of requests to review book (so do I) but
You might especially appreciate the urban mothers... but if you identify with them and agree with all of their parenting concerns, erm, sorry, I was laughing along with the heroine about some of their extreme views. :)
To be fair, these mothers entertain some crazy ideas, like returning not just to midwives but to mothers eating placentas.... for real....the heroine does not approve.
She's hilarious! And she's freewriting!
I'm confident you'll find much to love. E.g.
oh I am in love
Another line I love (there are so many!) -
Oh I feel so much pain in that. holy cow.
LOL!
Pain, yes, and yet the dark comedy of it...
Ohhh man, I hope you won't be mad at me - the baby shower scene satirizes the anti-vax moms, but it also satirizes food allergies, and I know all too well how legitimate those are, just as you know all too well how real vaccination dangers can be. There's also the not-that-funny aspect of the heroine being an irresponsible dog owner. I'm remembering now why someone said this novel is barely worth two stars. I, however, love everything else about it so much, I stick with my 5-star rave. I just hope you don't hurl the book out the window when you meet the socialite moms....