"What would life be like if we didn't have the courage to try something new," said the great painter Vincent Van Gogh, and it is precisely with this quote that I would like to begin this text that aims to talk about what it means for me to be in The Beehive. Before going deeper into the previous quote, I must say that this is an initiative of @theycallmedan for the community that is beginning to come to life in this new project called .

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It is no secret to anyone that we are living a world-wide chaos. The year 2020 has taken us by surprise and has flooded us with problems, difficulties, conflicts. Because of this, we have had to review and even change our behavior, our thoughts and our environment. That environment that until recently was our comfort zone. As is well known, the Comfort Zone is a familiar space, which we master, in which we feel comfortable with the things that happen there, whether they are pleasant or not. Until recently, my comfort zone was Steemit.

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In a previous publication, I said that the fact of being Venezuelan had allowed me to glimpse the disaster, the injustices, the excesses that were being committed in Steemit, since we Venezuelans have been living with a similar reality for a long time. But what I saw as hopeful and what I was proud of was that within Steemit there was an intelligent, united opposition, ready to defend individual rights and the entire community.

is the joint result of the effort of an entire community to remain free, without censorship, and especially where the rights of all are respected.

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Therefore,

represents freedom for me, but it is also courage, honor, hope, work, respect, solidarity, and very especially, the opportunity to start over. Sometimes human beings, in their first attempts, can make mistakes, but as we move forward, we have the opportunity to make amends. is that second chance! With we can build the community we have always wanted, with quality publications, and in which we feel comfortable, strengthened and respected. Working, like bees, for the benefit of the whole beehive, without devaluing any work.

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With all that we have experienced in these three months, I think that misfortunes or setbacks have the capacity to awaken aptitudes that in fortune or bliss would have fallen asleep. When we least expect it, sometimes a challenge tests our courage and our will to change. It is true that some people choose to endure their surroundings because it is their comfort zone. But there are also people who simply move around and build their own spaces. And that is what happened with Hive: the community knew, at all times, that in life there are infinite possibilities for change and that these changes can be for the better.

To conclude, I say that perhaps one step will not take us very far, that it is only the beginning of a long journey, but I believe that at this moment we have fundamental factors to move this project forward: talent, will and respect.