@valorforfreedom I agree that people should hang in there knuckle down and get going. I will use a person joining a gym as an example. It's spring time or New Years (biggest time for people to join a gym) and you get into the gym thinking you are going to get in awesome shape, jacked, ripped or whatever you would like to call it. After a few months you don't see the progress that you thought you would. Of course you won't! It takes a long time to improve and see that huge improvement. So people quit. They just found out the hard way that it IS WORK!. If being in great shape was easy(now think about it) everyone would be buff. Steemit, being in shape or anything worthwhile takes hard work to achieve more success. If you keep at it you increase the chances of reaching your goals. Giving up is NEVER AN OPTION! Great post Phil. I enjoy these very much.