Welcome to Steemit @fatamorgana.

we are powering this system with ourselves, our time, our will to make a difference, our contributions that span beyond ourselves,

Good observation.

By the way, I see you entered the 50 word competition, did you correct what @jedau suggested? It looks like you will actually have to resubmit your story with the tag fiftywords instead of 50words, also you need to include light as one of the tags. Please excuse me if you have already corrected this.