The Reason I Joined Steemit ☁️ A Sign From Above

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

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The reason I signed up with Steemit is because I saw it written in the clouds... Weird? Yep!

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This might sound crazy but here goes…

One fine day back in March, I was messing around with my camera. I was trying to get a photo of my eye in the sunlight. I decided that I would need my tripod. I set the tripod up and mounted the camera. It didn’t click in, and it fell to the floor. I quickly picked it up and tried to turn it on. It wouldn’t. I tried many, many, many times to get it to power up with no such luck. Ironically, earlier that day I had been sooking to Ben about wanting a new camera.
 
I went through all the stages of grief. I hung around in denial for WAY too long, frantically searching Google for the answers to fix it. At the end of the day, it was broken. So I decided to take a breather. I laid down on the floor and soaked up the sun's warmth. I felt devastated. A part of me was missing. While I was staring up at the sky, I pondered how on earth I was going to afford another camera. Should I get it repaired? Should I just stop shooting? Is this a sign? And then a sign did appear.
 
Written in the clouds was the word Steem!
 
I’m talking loosely shaped letters but it spelt Steem. I recognised the spelling straight away because Ben had been talking about it a few months back. I instantly stood up and set up an account. An excruciating 2 weeks went by with no word of acceptance. I decided I would fork out for a new camera.
 
And then, one beautiful Spring day in Vancouver, I was finally accepted into the Steemit family. And I’m so glad to be here.


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I'm glad you found your way here. Your photos and posts are always really nice.

Ah thanks so much @choogirl I'm so happy to be here. Now to get the word out to everyone else. I hope you have a great weekend 💙

Beautiful story!! Sometimes we get signs in the most unexpected ways! Happy to have you here!

Thank you! We really do. I'm just glad I was paying attention to that one. Love and light 💙

And did you buy the new camera? hihih

You know.. I'm in the same boat more or less. I have some awesome upcoming travel projects to do on my bicycle, however I do want to upgrade my cheap camera so bad!

I'll possibly sell one of the guitars as I don't want to take anything from Steemit now.

I did. I upgraded a little but not as much as I would have liked. I'm still pretty happy with it though. A few more features than my last so happy days 👍

And yeah I agree. I don't want to pull anything out of Steemit either. Lets ride it to the moon 😉 Hope you get your hands on something you're happy with soon. There are some decent and affordable cameras available these days.

I have seen this happen a number of times in my life. Taking the opportunity when it appears before you. To make something of that idea, intuition, or inspiration when it manifests, and act on it. I try to live by this principle and it generally plays out well. I always learn something, at the least!