The path to success is to take massive, determined action. - Tony Robbins

That's what we did, Tony.

You may have a lot of dreams in your life, but in the end the ones that count are those that become reality and make a difference.

We've been working a couple of months on this project and today we finished the last of the three first surf events. It's been a quite overwhelming moment to realize that everything turned out to be successful.

My current emotional state: completely fulfilled.

Hive account@surfermarly presenting the new steemit logo at today's surf event

Everything starts with the belief that you can do it

In Lisbon my presentation about 'Dreams of the Ocean' received an amazing feedback.

I really didn't expect that.

There were so many people celebrating the idea and starting to think about additional concepts. That was really inspiring!

Besides the personal encouragement in conversations there were a lot of considerable donations sent to the account Hive account@dreamsoftheocean. It's money that will enable us to go ahead with the project which is really a fantastic outlook.

However, there's also been some backlash against charity on steemit in general. Some people believe that any initiative that requires a power down is counterproductive for the development of the platform, thus not worth being promoted.

My favourite picture... Credit: Calima Surf School

Here's my take on the importance of charity: every initiative or project that promotes Steem(it) outside the Steem eco-system helps to increase the value of this platform and its currency. Also: if we were only here to generate profit and social commitment wasn't estimated at all, then we couldn't call this a 'social' community anymore.

Is that what we want?

Talking about numbers: I'm pretty convinced that the promotion we've done for steemit.com during our events so far, is worth much more than the money we needed to cash out in order to finance the activity.

Maybe the next time we will present the media value created in newspapers, in other social networks and on websites outside the steemian eco-system. That would be surely an eye-opener and the winning argument :-)

But enough talking...

I think the following pictures are worth much more than anything.

Here's my answer to everybody who doesn't believe in the value of charity and social commitment:

The crew of believers, dreamers and makers

The quiet before the storm

Proudly wearing the new steemit logo

Dry practice

When I took this picture she still didn't knew that today she was supposed to get on her feet on the surfboard for the very first time in her life... what a moment!

Last but definitely not least I want to thank another generous donator for his huge efforts!

Thank you Hive account@felander for making a post about our project and donating the earnings to our account! What a great move!!!

Thanks to everybody who (still) believes in the idea and in the importance of social commitment! Whatever they say, we won't stop.

The dreamers

Thanks for your valuable time!
This blog aims to finance
the charity project
called "Dreams of the Ocean",
an initiative that supports kids in need
through water sports activities.
Let's make this world a better place!

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