What Do You Do?

I wrote a piece late yesterday afternoon and added it to my Substack platform this morning. I have three platforms to choose from to post to, with a number of social media accounts to notify followers where to find them. But I carry no expectations of hitting any vast number because I am still a dinosaur of words in a world of quicky videos and flashy memes. So it’s easy for me to say I am behind the eight-ball when it comes to being a social media sensation. But that’s okay to be honest, I have no desire to create videos or waste my time creating flashy memes or one-liners.
 
Because after 60+ years I have just gotten comfortable with myself again after decades of hiding in the shadows. It’s funny how life can start out one way, turn around in the beginning, then crash and burn again in a matter of years. At first it look like I was destined to be that bullied little guy from Bloomingdale; sunk in the margins of life. Then I blossomed just a bit with my wit and talent and became the toast of the town. Then through a series of poor decisions I ended up carrying my family to unknown places. Only to collapse, and to this day find myself still picking up the pieces.
 
But such is the journey of a sixty something year old man, with no place to call his own. So I comfortably hang in the margins where I have found some solace. Where my family lives and thrives and where I can carry some satisfaction in that. So the low social media numbers don’t really bother me. But it does offer me a cheap platform to speak my truth. And isn’t that how the greatest truth tellers do it? Depending on the charity of others just to survive. Mostly living on the streets and preaching their truth? So if that’s where I end up helping one person at a time, then so be it. So as I continue to write, may I ask. What do you do to contribute?
 
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