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samsmith1971 in #vyb • 3 years ago

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Great article @galenkp.

Invest effort into relationships and they will return in kind; they'll be deeper, more rewarding and enduring.

I love this! I joined Hive to hold myself to account to write more regularly and had no idea when I did so that I would find such incredible engagement and community on the platform. I value people immensely and this quote of yours truly resonates. I can attest to the truth that lies behind it, both on and off-chain. Nurturing genuine relationships with other people is one of the best things that human beings can accomplish in their lives. !PIZZA !ALIVE !LUV reblogged.

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galenkp 3 years ago

Hey Sam, thanks for your cool comment. I'm a non-peopley person meaning I'm very comfortable to spend time with myself; I limit my connections (in the real world) for that reason and have very high standards. My circle is small, but incredibly valuable. This is why I invest a lot of time, effort and emotion into my relationships and, get a lot back from them. It just makes sense.

There's so many people of value on Hive, most I've probably not even met. Those I have though...well, they deserve just as much effort as I give those in real life.

We're here on this big round thing we call Earth and whilst we'll not always get along with everyone, we have the ability to show humility, kindness, respect and courtesy and, I'd say, most deserve it as a baseline...until they prove they do not...and that's when we move on.

Anyway, thanks for your engagement and taking a read.

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samsmith1971 3 years ago

💯% completely respect that. I'm probably somewhere in the middle lol. I love spending time on my own and thrive on it, especially in the still quiet of the late-night and early morning and I equally enjoy a small/medium-size circle of close friends and family. If we don't invest emotionally and share our vulnerabilities with those closest to us, it becomes harder to create meaningful relationships built on trust so I am with you on the level of investment that you put into your relationships. Big ditto there 😊

One thing I find interesting, and this is something that a lot of us always say... we refer to Hive and then real life. I do it too. But I was pondering on this the other day and thinking, you know what, Hive is part of my real life, and the people on Hive are real people. The only difference is that I have not met them in person . Does this make them not real? or Hive not real life? I had to conclude that my answer was that they were very much a part of my real life. Heck, some Hivers engage with me far more regularly and at a far deeper level than some people that I know in person... and so recently my mentality has shifted to thinking in terms of people I know in person as opposed to in real life.

It is true though that when you have met with someone in person and connected in person or have the opportunity to relate to them on that level...sit down and have a cuppa, go shopping, hang out and bbq, whatever the case may be, that we build additional touchpoints in the relationships and this is probably what makes them feel more real to us than a name on a screen. But I guess it all comes down to the old adage...that you get back what you give in life and that does not have to be limited to only those physically present in our lives.

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galenkp 3 years ago

You're right, Hive is real life as we're all living it. I guess it's just a convenient way of making a distinction between online and not. The relationships can be similar if course, but a good relationship is much better in the flesh than online. So...Give me real life any day.

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