Hello @arbitrarykitten,
I wanted to upvote this, because of the content, but I feel compelled to reply with some words. I have a big bag of words in my heart (which I think with) which I would like to throw at you, but let me just try to put them into some form of sensible order before I do. Your post resonates with my life, very much. Not a correspondence with the tangible variables involved, but on an emotional and spritual (energy) level, it was one of the posts I had wished I'd composed myself. I cannot give it higher praise than that.
Through Steemit I feel that I have also found my writing style(?) again and just want to write and share, comment and grow with Steemit, as I can see it's potential. I feel like Steemit is something very special that I want to protect, nurture and help to grow, however I can, because it has given me a hope in something very positive, whereas, previously, there genuinely seemed as if there was no way out of the prison and with everyone playing warden, it was difficult to develop a sensible or workable way forward.
I feel that Steemit is offering this to all of us and those who follow us here.
But, I digress. What I really wanted to say was that your post was a pleasure to read and extremely well composed. You are indeed a talented writer, and as a pedant, I found no errors, which was a joy, but I do not wish to needlessly put down those that err, as it is human.......... plus I fear that I am guilty of such crimes against prose.
The content was extremely touching and it's such a nice feeling to know that I am in the company of a community of genuinely creative, developmental, free-thinking, forward-thinking, caring and considerate people. It's a pleasure to be here, it really is, and the pleasure is enhanced after reading posts like yours. Thank you, very much, for sharing this and Thank you, very, very much, for sharing a massive piece of yourself with us all.
All the best and take care :).
First I would like to say it's a pleasure to meet you, and I am happy we have bumped into each other in this rapidly growing Steemit Universe.
I am pretty transparent when it comes to matters of my heart (which I also think with) and mind. This is because of Steemit.
Prior to joining the community, I kept much of myself out of my work. Steemit has taught me that cannot be the case in this age of (dis) connection. It's both unhealthy and dis-genuine.
It makes my heart happy that my experiences resonate within you on a deep level. To share something like this platform we have found and embraced is profoundly unifying.
I believe everything happens for a reason, and everyone who comes into your life does so for a reason- you each have something to learn from each other.
I am happy to be sharing a path with you :)
Hello @arbitrarykitten. I have just read the first line of the second paragraph and have started typing, because I have said this in a reply to a comment you made before this one. I always reply to comments in order as soon as I can and always before creating a post. It's just how I like to do things on here. I just want you to know that when I say that I think from my heart, I mean it and I speak from my heart. The brain is not intelligent, it is clever, like somebody who remembers list of things or dates and details. They are good at memory recall, but they rarely think with their hearts, because they feel (or to be more accurate, they think) that the seat of intelligence lies in the mind, but this is not true.
The mind is a processor of information, which depends upon it's sub-conscious mind to order things into a logical comprehensible order, but if you 'exist' in the mind, you will be forever under control, either by an outer influence, or by own inhibitions and imposed limits, based on your own 'mental' perception. I see the sub-conscious as a kind of alcoholic uncle at Christmas, who sits at the back, or in the corner, of the room and occasionally shouts out random words or sentences, which you have to give attention to.
The conscious mind accepts the drunken uncle's suggestions and orders them to fit the logical pattern that makes sense to the vehicle, or person. The heart, on the other hand, truly knows. It is where you actually feel emotional pain, joy and a whole host of emotions. Think and feel with your heart and process with the brain or mind. This is the way of the future, I hope, as more and more people awaken to the fact that they have been traped in their own minds and so deeply engrained in them has it been that they have also been their own prison wardens.
Right, just read the rest of your post now :)..... That's so well written and I absolutely agree with your words and the sentiment behind them. I'm honoured and extremely appreciative to be here amongst such amazing people. I will not add anything more to what you have said in your post and it's not down to laziness, but because I would only be repeating you and I don't want to be accused of plagiarism or paraphrasing :).
It's now 4.45 am, so I have to go to bed and I haven't proofread this comment, so at the risk of error, here goes.
Thank you, very much, @arbitrarykitten, for your comment.
Take care :).