I love how we are building the foundation of Hive, from the ground up, slow and steady to ensure its stability. I think of the two builders, one built on sand, the other rock... When the rains came down, in unstable conditions, the house built on sand shifted and fell, while the one build on rock didn't fall.
This four-story folly of a house was built on a rock, mostly to anger the city long ago. It fell to disrepair and after years of being abandoned, was purchased for back taxes by an architect and his wife. It is a most bizarre sight as you are sailing the Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island, but, it is truly a treasure of sorts. And still inhabited. Still standing, to the chagrin of all the other socials builders.
REFLECTIONS
When I think of the beginnings of social media, how it all began and looking at how it has taken over the world, it is almost terrifying.
“My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.”
—John Lennon
GROWTH
Numbers only tell part of the story. The number of followers is not as important as those you interact with. I will take genuine interaction any day over a drive-by.
My redbud has put out so many seedpods, just wishing to reproduce one of his own. I am thinking this may be his year to win the game of tree life. One of those pods of the hundreds he bears has got to have a seed inside that says, "Let me be a tree!"
All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.
It’s my way. I walk out to the deep end of the page and dive right in
There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone, somewhere soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Oh, there's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well let us realize
Oh, that a change can only come
When we stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
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