Update and thoughts on Blurt

Hello, Blurt brothers and sisters.

My apologies for missing out on all of the kind comments on my last post. I've not been getting online as it hurts me to sit.

I'm in a strange place as I find myself needing a cane to walk, as even with it I find myself almost falling many times a day.

I'm seeing a specialist and hopefully, we can find some light at the end that lines up with my preferences. I'm not so certain this is possible, so I've been examining my own corrupt thoughts to start my journey of acceptance and moving forward as best I can.

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Yesterday with the help of my partner, I set my monitor and keyboard up higher so I could stand and type. I still am not going to be on as much, and I need to figure out how to make money online as I'm uncertain of my ability to work moving forward.

Thoughts on Blurt

When I first joined Steem years ago, I quickly became enamored by my ability to give to others without it coming from my daily bread.

I found a group there called Family Protection which was educating folks on the dangers of being in the crosshairs of CPS. Along with educating how best to minimize your children being kidnapped by the state, they also helped feed, pay utilities, and buy things like diapers for members caught up in the system.

I devoted most of my time there to this group as I found myself blessed to be able to help others in a way impossible for me in the physical fiat systems we are trapped within.

I remember coming across strange ideas, one of the more powerful ones being that this system allows us to be our own bank.

Allows us to make claims on the inflation normally monopolized by central banks.

In the FP group, I was able to donate hundreds of Steem and SBD, as well as much more by writing posts naming them beneficiaries. I also participated in many raffles that cost Steem for tickets. I don't know how much I spent in SBD on that, but I won multiple times due to the many entries I had, and the prizes were always silver coins. Which I always had sent to others in the group.

I believe I was able to give 5 silver coins to others this way.

I was humbled and grateful that I could help others with coins, diapers, food, and utilities from this system, allowing me to do what is impossible in my fiat-trapped life.

One can say this system opened a door for me that allowed me the freedom of kindness expression.

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One must be for others what one yearns for themselves.

I realized at an early age that kindness and cooperation are what makes life better for everyone.

One could say this is what real communism (community) is. A voluntary system of caring for our neighbors, realizing in the larger scheme we are all connected and loving and caring for life around us is really doing so for ourselves.

It is an albatross most of us are prone to binding to ourselves to expect from others what we refuse to be for them. Often the result of a growing jadedness as our hearts yearn for what is rarely given. Likely one of the largest experiences that is like death by a thousand cuts, making one's hidden heart cry.

I was (and am) a very jaded, cynical man. It is one of the many demons I've bound to myself since childhood.

Finding this system opened a door for me, allowing me to not only express my caring but also find others of like mind who desire to build a real community with our brothers and sisters.

One of my favorite songs is He's not heavy, he's my brother.

This system allows for our brothers/sisters to not be heavy.

Unlike our predecessor, and sister chain (Steem/Hive) no one of greater wealth can nullify our gifts to others through downvote. Blurt allows for our claims to be honored, our intent honored.

It's been my desire over the years to not only express my need to be kind as much as I can in this system but also try to be an example for others.

To demonstrate how one with almost nothing can put aside the scarcity mindset and be free to commune with love our neighbors here.

I realized long ago that many miss the example I've tried making, as we are all trapped in various degrees by our own demons that consume our attention. It's my hope that over time many will look up and begin asking themselves why not them.

While I do have my disappointments over this, I understand all too well the demons we have bound and trapped to ourselves. I don't judge over this, but do get saddened.

If more begin to understand the power of this to be their own banker and modify how we interact with one another Blurt would become more valuable as demand for it would increase.

Blurt can be your garden

Much like one tends a garden, Blurt can be grown for you/us the same way.

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We can point fingers, blaming our neighbors for what we refuse to do in cultivating Blurt into a valuable garden that will sustain each and every one of us.

But until each of us begins doing our share, Blurt will never be in demand. It can't as there are too many trying to eat from it without putting in the effort to love it and nurture its growth.

Not long ago I held a contest on how a .10 Blurt would impact your life.

I need to point out that when I joined Steem and bought in there, it was worth several dollars each ( I believe over 4.00 each).

There is no reason Blurt can't be valued at that as well.

All it would take is for many of us to understand being our own banker.

Understand Blurt is a garden that can be plentiful for all if we work it properly, and work as a community (real communism, not that theft redistribution governments do).

I'm going to wrap this up, as I'll just be repeating myself. One valid criticism several have had of me is my ability to ramble on, hah hah.

I do hope those of you reading this think about what I've said. Perhaps examine how your own demons that make you cling to a scarcity mindset have you squeezing from the garden without cultivating.