RE: Grateful (Ironshield) Chimes In

Yes, that's the short and sweet version. I couldn't have said it better, in fact I didn't.

I have to admit after loosing years of work and many thousands of dollars, I almost hung up my hat and quit entirely, but so many people stepped up to support me that I couldn't allow myself to give up. It's like shoots and ladders, I just hit a "shoot" and my stake went back a couple of years.

I don't say this to complain or whine, but to give some context behind how I might perceive some of the unfair advantages out there. Now I'm not ashamed to consider paid for curations to help bring my account at least back to something respectable.

Not to discount the generosity of the community even for a second! But I am not in a position to create the high-level, consistent posting that (we imagine) would earn the big upvotes, nor are any of us really. The few posts that were highly compensated were charity, I know that. I'm ok with that. I'm grateful for that.

Entitled for nothing, grateful for EVERYTHING!