I know what it means to feel loved and give love

I know what it feel like to succeed or fail

I know what it means to endure injustice and prejudice
I know what it means to be heart broken and broke
I know how extreme anger or overwhelming joy feels like
I known the feeling of denial and betrayal and distrust
I know what it feels like to be lonely
I know what it feels like to be in the company of loyal comrades
I know what it feels like to loose someone or something
I know the joys associated with child birth and newborns
I know the feeling of great pride and prestige
I know the feeling of great lack and poverty
I know the feeling of responsibility and manhood (not easy)
I understand what it means to be stranded
I know what it means when someone says "I'm hungry and without hope of a meal for the next day"
I know that life is a journey
I know we are the master architects of our lives
I know that feeling of pure and crude selfless love for a loved one

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN BETTER!

The last score and a quarter of a score years of my life has been an experience indeed, and I have a lot to be thankful for!

SO LONG AS I EXIST, THERE IS HOPE.

So in the spirit of love and sharing and giving (the steem spirit) I've decided to mark today with a contest for 5STEEM!!

yeah! It's the first contest @tekadii will be organizing (I wouldn't call this a "real contest" though) lol.

Quite simple a contest I must say, all you have to do is make a Comment (resteeming is optional).

lets get to it!

"Contest Rules":

• Its my birthday, so your comment should be in line 😁
• only one comment per individual please
• no specifics on how your comments should be written ( it could be a poem, a story, an advise, a wish, etc) if my blog has affected you in anyway, I wanna read it!
• Original, realistic, thoughtful, and creative comments are an added advantage (do me a GIF if you want!)
• considerations on entries will end 24hrs after this post.

special considerations;

• will be given to minnows (with less than 40% rep) that follow me (before this post was made)
• comments with high number of votes (I'll let you be part of the jury by means of your votes on comments). Your vote on your comment don't count.
• if resteemed...... (Just indicate)

Prizes:

1st prize ----- 2.5 steem
2nd prize ---- 1.5 steem
3rd prize ----- 1 steem
(There will be "runner ups")
Awards will be given on or before the payout day of this post.
I will be using an "offline" judge too 😉

special Appreciation

A lot of credible steemian come to mind here, most of whom without I would not have come this far ( I must give honor to him who is due)

Big ups to @ejemai, @surpassinggoogle, @futurethinker, @samiwhyte, @freedomexists, @pangoli, @hiroyamagishi, @stach family @credo family @steemgigs, @promo-mentors,@gmmux, @hr1, my current 200 followers, my current 100 following 😁... And you reading this post.
Thanks to steemit, I'm getting wealthy ( wealth is in the people you are connected to not in my steem wallet).