What a beautiful and encouraging post, Adil.
Funny enough that I've just found the link on Facebook to then read your your article opening up with Facebook notifications :-)

You are right: this place has something no other is able to provide, or better said, it offers the ideal mix. Creative people of all nationalities, genders, groups of interests and personal backgrounds join - and stay - because they find like-minded friends and start to do awesome stuff together (like you did).

I can't wait to see the community feature getting started - this will bring the platform - and its smartest characteristic - to the next level and strengthen the sense of community, the creative potential and synergies even more.

In love as in life, they say that you need only one quality to attract people, but you need at least two to keep them.

There is nothing more to add :-)

Steem on and (again) happy birthday!