Yes, your posts do spark joy. I enjoy reading your musings on the little quirks that make up your life, from vehicle issues (I smile at how you love your car) to stories of your students and so much more. I think it is your presentation. In a world filled with so much narcissism, anger and entitlement your sharing is refreshingly absent of such things.
Yes, it does make the soul cry when one of the foundations we cherished proves its impermanence. I had a lot of pictures and emails from my old AOL days years ago, and hadn't logged in for years. A couple years ago I decided to see what was up with AOL and logged in only to find they had emptied my mailbox of years of treasured things I had saved. Irreplaceable things. Lesson learned, another scar for the heart, lol.
As for your friend in the negatives, someone here must have objected to what they were posting (there isn't always a good reason for this either) and they had enough SP to drive the rep down there. There are only a few who are still active from my circle from when I joined, and we mostly drifted apart as our voices appealed to different circles. I still check on them from time to time, some still in my feed even. Despite the differences in our interests I still have good wishes for them and if I have an extra upvote will toss it their way.
Glad you have decided to stick it out, and hope this year is the one that sees your account explode in popularity.
Thank you always for your kind words. I'm happy to know sharing my world is a refreshing break from the wild world we currently live in. While the world grows markedly darker and people jaded, skeptic and tired, it is my hope and intention that what I write and compose here lifts the human spirit. we are all spiritual beings dealing with the human experience.
Sadly, the human experience can twist us out of shape. I've had enough heartbreaking experience that I'm dead and gone in a parallel universe. In this world that we share, I'm fighting for my life and I'm rooting for everyone else to win their personal victories that in turn lifts everyone.
Thx for sharing about AOL. I'm truly sorry for your loss. I've not checked my AOL in years and now made peace with it after you shared that they've emptied everything. I hope blockchain has more permanence. In a throw away, disposable society, it would be a nice feature!
I plan to stick it out here. I will continue to look forward to your hellos and making more friends and followers. I'd like steemit to prevail and plan to watch and experience its growth and evolutions. The last hardfork was good. There are less scammers but I need to wait on my resource credits to grow before being able to do anything. The wait is worth it though in exchange for an authentic experience. The scammers littered the steemit environment. Yay to less litter!
Here's to the journey, @jnetsworld, is happily toddling along, just a bit over a year, reputation score is 46.5 and I enjoy my friendship with @practicalthought. You've made my steemit experience less daunting. Thank you!
J