At this point, I will not be resigning from my position as @papa-pepper....

It's been interesting to sit back and watch all that been going on. A lot of various claims, assumptions, and actions had lead to a very volatile situation around steemit these days. Part of me wonders if it was all a "self-fulfilling prophecy..."

ARE BABY OPOSSUMS CUTE / UNDERSTANDING SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES

So we'll start with a photo my eight year old daughter "Red-Pepper" took last night, while our nine year old daughter "Pinkie-Pepper" was peeking in an opossums pouch. But before we jump into that (no, we won't actually fit inside of her pouch, I was speaking figuratively) I'll make mention of some things to help people understand what I mean when I speak of self-fulfilling prophecies.

That video above (created in early 2018 by @papa-pepper and uploaded to YouTube for the purpose of sharing it as original, educational content on steemit because steemit is the "spider" that got me caught in the world wide web) possibly relates to our current steemit situation rather well. In the video I mention how a fear of the perceived threat that snakes pose often lead to the snakes defending themselves from an attack, which is interpreted as an attack by the afraid person, and basically ends up being a "self-fulfilling prophecy."

Far, far too often, a person encounters a snake that has no ill-will or nefarious intentions. Since the person believes the snake is a threat, rather than leaving the snake alone to mind its own business, they attack it. Then, when the snake is attacked, it defends itself and bites the attacker. Then the attacker stands back and says, "See, I told you it was dangerous..."

This video above also covers some of this same scenario, and in a humorous way I attempt to illustrate and contrast the perception of the fearful person vs. the perception of the snake. That said, I wonder if that is exactly what's happened between the steemit witnesses and Justin Sun. I'll leave that where it is as a possibility, and simply state that I've never met Justin Sun and have yet to see what his actual intentions are with steemit, but I'm willing to give him a chance. I'll be reading and researching more later on and checking my witness votes as well, but simply offer up this "self-fulfilling prophecy" possibility as some food for thought.

That said, last night I was still out in the woods being @papa-pepper, living life to its fullest and allowing my @little-peppers the opportunity to experience things most never will. Because of the outlet that steemit provides me, I'll share some photos here, and whosoever desires to can live vicariously through us. Perhaps we'll put out a more educational post about baby opossums later.

For the moment, I'll continue to be @papa-pepper, active on the steem blockchain and steemit.com, and I'll continue to provide you all with rare, original content to help enhance your online experience on steemit. Papa Out!

Until next time…

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