Just a few days ago I celebrated my one year Steem Anniversary. Today I'm doing another celebration! I finally got 3000 followers and 2000 Steem Power. This is amazing!

I remember celebrating 500 followers last year and then 1000 followers thereafter. I couldn't celebrate 2000 followers because I just didn't have the time. Who would have thought that I would be too busy to celebrate 2000 followers? Lol....

In my one-year anniversary post, I talked about a lot of things but there is something that I didn't emphasize enough. It is the fact that I got help. If I were to summarize my entire journey with one word and one picture, that word would be "GRACE".

I've been Marvelously Helped

God helped me. I have this confidence that there is someone watching over me. Making sure I take the right steps at the right time. There is someone guiding me and whispering in my ears, telling me: "take that step", "No! Don't go there!"
It is the grace of God that has kept me thus far and He is still keeping me.

I've also crossed the 2000 Steem Power mark. This is pretty huge. I should have crossed this line a long time ago. By now, I should have accumulated way more than 2000 Steem Power but I had to withdraw to upgrade my gadgets and invest in myself. Thank you Steem!

I'm grateful for these 2000Steem Power. I will never power down. I grateful for these 3000 followers. I'll never let you down. Do you get the rhyme? I'm grateful to these 3000 followers. Thank you for following me. Thank you for every upvote and resteem.

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My 3000 Followers and 2000 Steem Power Advise to newbies goes thus:

• Don't ever power down

  : Powering down is like selling your birthright. Steem Power is what is more important here. The people who have faith, and know what they are doing don't hustle for money. They hustle for power, for influence, for the superhuman, superhero ability to print money from thin air and dole it out to a fellow human. The ability to, therefore, exercise some influence in the way things operate here. Everyone has a voice but your Steem Power can amplify the sound of your voice. It makes you look more attractive and respectable here. If you can, buy Steem, hoard it, buy Steem three times a day, seven days a week. Don't ever sell it. Use it! Exert your influence. Be unstoppable. Have a course. Change the world! Make it a better place.

• Respect your followers

  Be you! Be free! But be Steemian too and remember that you are not alone. You are part of a political system, an economic system, a community. It shouldn't be about you all the time. Do stuff for your followers. Before you make any post here, ask yourself this question: how is this going to improve the life of my followers, how is it going to bring value to them. Is it going to educate, encourage, entertain or motivate them? If you cannot answer this question, or the answer is no, then, your post is a shit post. Also, ask yourself this question from time to time; "why do my followers follow me?"

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Thank you for reading. Be you, be free, be Steemian!

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_{Pictures were taken with my brand new Infinix Zero 5 Pro (X603) Android Phone}

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_{Where there is darkness, I'll shine the light.}