Even though you may work hard to be the person you are, you will still need your bridges in order to achieve success.

This is especially the case here on the steem blockchain. Without bridges, you are sure to fall, it seems.

There, you will have the ultimate tree of life; groundwork and bridges.

Very true. Some of the most fruitful (as you say) connections can be from other bridges. I’d like to look at them as branches now, since you’ve used the tree of life metaphor. :) without being connected to the tree, to others, you are but a fallen branch on the ground.

There are two reasons for that; first, you must understand that a bridge for you can also be an opportunity for other people. It doesn’t hurt to lend a hand and help different people.
Second, you can be sure that there will come a time when you will need those bridges again, both to get back to a certain spot or help you get out of harm’s way.

Helping others, because we want to, because we see the benefit for all of us in doing so, is a good feeling and it provides better economic results as well. Common goals with more minds working on it, all across the intellectual spectrum, can achieve great things.

It’s also true that you may find yourself (even if you’re overly confident/cocky. Gotta be real with yourself at times.) needing help from others, if you’ve mistreated them and lowered them down with your words/actions... that bridge may have been the one that would have otherwise saved you. (A fallen branch being caught by another and happening to land to where it can re-bond with the tree of life?)

This was a great post. I’ve been working a lot lately and just had some real time to get back on, so this was nice to come back to. :)

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