Thanks for giving us an opportunity to appreciate the people who have encouraged us, @simplymike.

As many have already mentioned, it's unfair to restrict the appreciation to 2 people as we come across so many people on day to day on Steemit and most of them would have made their contribution in making our journey on Steemit a smooth one, although not all are having that mindset.

Since I have to restrict the naming to 2, I would like to take out the names @fulltimegeek and @abh12345 as my 2 Steemians I would like to appreciate primarily.

By this time, it's already known to most of the people who are part of this blog that who is @fulltimegeek. We have already said many times about him, but I would like to just recollect that one more time why we admire @fulltimegeek. WITHOUT his efforts to create #stewardsofgondor group by delegating most of his SP to 50+ people, I wouldn't have got a chance to know so many wonderful people of SOG and also the next group of people of #newbieresteemday of which me and you are part of. So, my first person whom I would like to thank and appreciate is @fulltimegeek.

Second, it has to be @abh12345, because being a fellow SOG, I got to know him and got to interact with him,but what really changed and inspired me is the way he started inspiring the SOG's and other Steemians with his reports on SOG's first then with curation leagues which gave me (and I am sure other SOG's as well) an opportunity to look into our performances as Steemians in terms of better utilization of SP and also to help fellow Steemians with gift of SP we got from @fulltimegeek, I can confirm that, the reports and curation leagues from him have really helped me to improve myself and be a better Steemian.

Now, as I said, it's unfair to restrict myself to only 2, as there are many we have come across who have helped me in one or the other way.

I have to first remember @c0ff33a, my another fellow SOG whom I knew before becoming an SOG, and it's my interactions with him which made me feel that I can write something and do something good on Steemit. Besides his blogging, he has inspired many with his real life work of Coffee brewing and also with his encouraging messages on Steemit.

I have to remember @mihail.tsvetkov, another great individual who has started almost at the same time on Steemit and we are going in neck to neck in terms of reputation and we still keep discussing on life and things on Steemit. His friendship goes back to my initial days on Steemit when I use to conduct some giveaways in order to gain some followers and help newbies with my little SBD contribution.

I think the initial interactions I had with @binkley and team of @steemthat helped me to reduce my timing of working on transfers as steemthat.com has some wonderful tools to handle the complex things on Steemit, so my vote of gratitude goes to this wonderful individual of @binkley and group of @steemthat.

The list goes on and on as this list will be incomplete with out remembering my fellow #stewardsofgondor like @goldendawne, @wwf, @hitmeasap, @cranium, @samiwhyte, @cheneats, @fabiyamada, @greenrun, @lyndsaybowes, @mikepm74, @taskmaster4450 and many others with whom I had so many fruitful interactions.

I can't forget this recent group of #newbieresteemday and it's members like @davemccoy, @beeyou, @amariespeaks, @charisma777, @mudcat36, @lynncoyle1, @bashadow, @maverickinvictus, @cryptkeeper16 and ofcourse you @simplymike.

The list will keep growing if I have to name each and every individual, so let me restrict it here and say a Thank you to all who have helped me with their level of information, level of SP and whatever they have and inspired me to be what I am today.

Good day to all and thanks again @simplymike for giving me this wonderful opportunity to remember the great souls I have come across on Steemit.