There's a lot a child in his first year is expected to accomplish. First, is the ability to crawl, stand and walk, after which he starts to speak languages most common to him. No doubt hive has passed through a similar phase of vicissitudes during the past months and it's still standing. Hurray! Hive is a Year old, it deserves a befitting birthday celebration looking at what it had accomplished so far, a symbol of strength, persistence, and hard work with a future in view.
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My Genesis in Hive
It's common among Africans to find it difficult to accept any online platform, especially when it promises financial benefits. This was the same with me, I have been involved in some other platforms that failed and the news carries it that so many scammers use avenues as these to do their dubious acts. Out of been conscious and sober, I doubted the genuineness of the hive blockchain. This may look startling to the western and developed countries but here in Africa, not everything is trusted on the first peek.
It was until last year during the pandemic in August that I agreed to give hive a try and that was because my friend told me it was free to register. I started hive as a no-lover of writing but I was ready to learn from scratch. Just a few days after I joined hive, I wrote a story with a lot of grammatical errors and I almost felt discouraged to quit, thinking I couldn't cope but once again I encouraged myself to remain and learn.
I started growing
I discovered as days went by, I started learning more about hive, its goal, and other benefits aside from the financial values it offers. The more I learned about the platform, was the more I wanted to know and within a space of one month, I made friends online and I started evangelizing hive to my colleagues who gladly joined after few days.
My hive journey so far hasn't been all smooth, at some point I felt discouraged dealing with life issues and my online blogging. I reallyze It was hard making goals and fulfilling them, and other times I force myself to make a post despite the day's stress.
Joining hive has also supported me financially, sometimes it becomes the motivating factor to draw more friends into it. I have also made friends locally and internationally who have been there for me, it was through this friendship that I realize hive is not just a blockchain but a community of families and this makes the platform to secure a good working environment.
The future of hive
If hive hasn't failed during this tough one-year journey, then it's never going to fail. The introduction of various communities has helped brought users of varying passions and also create an environment for learning. I have noticed how hard and tough hive has proven to be; one of the best blockchain technology and I know and believe it has a great future with the relentless effort from 
My wishes for hive on its birthday
I believe in you, you have stood strong in storms and uproars of conflicts, and in them all, you came out strong. I wish you a future where the world will hear of you and desire to become a part and that you grow to a level when you will cost $2 per hive. Everything is possible, after all, hive in my acronym stands for:
H- Have
I- in you
V- voice beyond
E- expectations
