Fantastic post. So many things I could pluck out as real truths but this particular one stood out to me first: "There is no shortage of advice or love on this site and that is a fact." - It caught my attention because I too have been saying more or less the same thing to many people recently - about the Steemit platform. And, just as wrote that sentence containing your feeling of the truth of it, is the very reason why I think you are right to put your trust in Steem. Out of all the crypto currencies you have tried and have let you down in some way, this time your are right on the money.
Steemit is based on something that we have all accidentally forgotten and now all accidentally re-discovered. Our humanity. For decades we have all been coerced by the money power elites that the pursuit of money is all there is and they are happy to look down and watch us stab each other in the back for every last nickel and dime.
But I see that you too have discovered the same as I have discovered here on Steemit. Money is not the main motivation in our souls. In the beginning perhaps, if we are truthful with ourselves, we are enticed by the idea of earning money on the platform. But then something happens, something changes within us, and we almost ddidnt notice it was happening. It gradually dawns upon us that Steemit is much more than about the money. It is about integrity. And on the internet, sadly, that is something we are not used to. Personally I think what happens is this....We start to look around, and we begin to notice that we are surrounded by good honest decent folk. Instead of the egocentric famous, the greedy super rich, or the political elites with their own agendas, we find the people next to us are down to earth, they are real, like your own mother. And this affects us in that it essentially puts us back in touch with the one thing our psychopathic leaders have stolen from our society. The thing that makes us decent. Integrity.
Steemit has integrity and demands that of its members. This is its strength and is why it can not fail. The more people like your mother and other "real" people join, the stronger that demand for integrity will grow and become its back bone. It will drive out the scammers and the greedy sharks and be a place worthy of being a part of. A sensation I have not felt for a long long time.
Sorry to have written so long, but your post moved and inspired me to reply.
Brilliant post @codydeeds. Both moving and educational