Today, another milestone was reached, a second of my brothers joined Steemit. Not much of a milestone you might say but you'd be wrong, as this brother is well, let's say, not much of a fan of 'social media'.
But after seeing what was here and the kinds of things many post, he has rightly come to the conclusion that this is a blogging site more than a social site and that is worth his time. It took a little time to talk him around and quite a lot of examples from you guys but I see Steemit as an investment opportunity and I want my family to be part of this too.
I am glad he is here, he is the smart one in the family and the one that is closest in age to me. This means that we fought a lot as children and he also helped me a lot too.
For example, one time I had a nightmare after watching a 60's Vampire movie (I think it was a Christopher Lee one) and woke up. I was about 8 but we didn't share a room as we had a few years earlier. He noticed my light on and came in to see what was up and I explained. He was 12 and gave me advice I still use 30 years later.
He said, my dreams are mine and even though they may seem real at times and outside of my control, they are not, that is an illusion. Once you realise you are dreaming, instead of waking up, stay there to play and create or do whatever you want. Nothing has power in your dreams but you. Use the power, learn from the dreams.
Over the years, even though we live some 15,000 kilometers apart and haven't seen each other in almost 10 years, we have used each other as sounding boards across a very diverse range of topics. This has worked out quite well because we have quite different hobbies and interest areas.
If you have the time, I would ask that you have a read of his intro article and welcome him into Steemit as part of your extended family too.
You can find it here: The King of the North
In case you may have missed things, my family on Steemit so far are:
Who knows how many will come along for the ride. :)
Taraz
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