It is you, my dear steemian virtual friends. You are the reason I am staying.

I could list a thousand negative reasons (okay, maybe at least 20 in reality) that could discourage me here in Steemit. However, I am giving you one good reason to stay and that's YOU.

(Insert Lady Gaga's A Million Reason in the background)

Naming people and tagging people here will discouraged curie and instead will be Crucio-ed.

With the success of @ulog, every one is a celebrity, couple that with @steemgigs where everyone has something to offer. Truly this is enough to make us stay. These two successful ideas were from the brilliant mind of @surpassinggoogle.

I like reading your personal experiences, your stiary (steemit diary). I like to read your rants. I like to read your sarcasms. Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos and photos of food that makes one hungry. Thank you for sharing your love story and struggles. Thank your sharing your pain, your faith and your prayers. Keep telling us stories, short or long. Thank you for the health tips and tutorials.

We all have something to share.

I am grateful for your encouragement, words of wisdom, support and love. Because of you, we have overcome borders and boundaries. No countries. No race. No black and white.

I have been sharing posts but most especially photos and you have shown so much appreciation. Winning is just a bonus of it all. It's the fun part and the learning, reading your thoughts about what I shared is much appreciated as well.

Thank you for opening up and letting us in to your lives.

Because of these did some contests as a way to give back. I plan to do that in the future. It is fun way to interact and to engage with other people. We all started with nothing and my goal is to help the newbies especially. There is fun in making contests and joining other contests. There are those who did things they thought they cannot. They took the challenge and although they did not win, they discovered their other capabilities. Some have developed their skills and enhanced them. Steemit brings out the best in us because we are willing to change for the better.

#newbieresteemday supported me and other newbies as well and keep helping. They are fantastic people who find ways to help newbies. You can find games and contests you can join at #newbiegames. There is this other awesome guy who is hosting easy contests and he is such a great guy! Let's hide him under the name of @johndoer123. Now, don't go telling him I sent you. Just see for yourself and find out if what I said is true.

@dustsweeper is another initiative that will help us in our votes so that it will not turn to dust. Read bout dust rewards here and here.

There are so much more reasons to stay here in Steemit but that is all because of YOU and your ideas to make this place better, worth staying.

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This is my entry to CONTEST! Giving away AT LEAST 24 SBD worth of #steembasicincome shares in honor of @curie and @newbieresteemday! by the awesome @malloryblythe. This is her first contest and she is giving away ALL of her SBD earnings from a post of hers that got curied. Isn't that awesome? It just shows how big of a heart she has.

Head on this post of hers and join!

@davemccoy is also running a contest hand in hand with this. Check it out here. HURRY BECAUSE THIS IS FOR 48 HOURS ONLY AND HE POSTED THAT YESTERDAY.