We minnows work tooth and nail to have ourselves atleast noticed in this vast ocean of steemit. We write loads and loads of posts and make even more comments. Some get lucky and are noticed. However, many keep struggling to edge their head up and behold the sweet sweetness of the radiant light only to be greeted by mundane failure. It is not surprising to me and I know it is not surprising to you too @yoo1900. This is because we know that Life is not fair.
I have an experience to share which drives in the point that life is not fair. I have a collleague in school who hails from a very high-profile family. His parents are well to do and give him almost everything he needs, if not everything. He comes to school with his own car; I mean high school. Somehow, he learnt about Steemit and joined it. He got a $700 upvote on his intro post.
Another guy in my same class is a pauper. He can barely afford his lunch. He wears ragged clothes, looks unkempt most of the time because of lack of money. Someone he managed to buy a phone from stipends he received by carrying people's loads in the park. He subscribed and joined steemit. His intro post barely got 50 cent and till today, I haven't seen any of his rewards worth upto $2. That is life! Isn't not true that life is not fair?
However, people like you @yoo1900 help to strike a balance and give hope to people who least expected it. God bless you @yoo1900 for this active effort to promote quality content on this platform and most especially, give us minnows a reason to continue being here. If only every whale could do this, then this platform would be more encouraging to us.
Grow in Strength!
Hello @yhutie, thanks for sharing your story with us, loyal followers of @yoo1900. I agree with you that Life is not fair. That is why we have people like @yoo1900. He is here to bridge that divide-the wide chasm between the rich and the poor; between the Steemian who earns hundreds of dollars and the one who earns cents.@yoo1900 is here to bridge that ugly gap and we should all be delighted that it's happening in our generation.
Once again, thanks for sharing your story
Hi @yhutie, we have never met and I am pleased to meet you.
When I read your comment, I was moved by your frustration but more so by your compassion. It took me back to when I went to a country school with my Mom. She was a school teacher. We were city-dwellers. Many of my classmates had no shoes. Their houses were thatched roofs and their floors were mud! It broke my four-year old heart (yes, I started school young. Baby sitting was a problem for my parents.)
That pain for my friends and for the less-fortunate has stayed with me for my entire life. I am glad for that experience because it has made me very mindful of the unfair struggles of so many.
We can't change the world, but we can change HOW we are in the world and we can make a change in our world, one human at a time. We can all share kindness. Some of the warmest hospitality I ever experienced was from the poorest I have known.
It's humbling and makes us aware that nothing we have should be taken for granted and we are morally bound to help a human, if we can!
That's an attitude we can choose to assume as you, @yoo1900 have chosen. I thank you for what you are doing. I am not certain of what and how you are doing it, but I know you are trying to make a difference from a position of abundance. That makes you a very good human, in my humble opinion! Thank you!