Welcome to Steem! You are a man of eloquent words, so I'm sure you'll do fine here. Interact through comments and just keep posting. It takes time, and you already said the key word - "patience". I see several communities have been mentioned here so I'll add another. If you are into exercise and keeping fit, @actifit is a great community with a great app to record your activity on, then post a report right from the app. Community member and Actifit with follow and upvote, and Actifit will reward you with their token, which is going to be a great thing to have in the near future. It also integrates with FitBit if you already use that.