Hi, Happy The Second Anniversary of HIVE!
I came across @jacuzzi's posts yesterday, which is about the Hive Anniversary Writing Challenge organized by @hiveio. The contest is about explaining five reasons why you love Hive. You can reach the original post here.
I also wanted join the contest, here are the five reasons why I love HIVE:

I took the photo from https://hive.io/community and rearranged it.
1. HIVE Offered What I Had Been Looking For.
For a long time, I had been trying with various websites to earn additional income online. They did not bring much profit and they were all centralized. Most of the rewards went to them, and your account could be deleted in any contrary case. However, HIVE's founding logic and structure were of a kind I had never encountered before. It caught my attention and I have been here for over 4 years.
2. HIVE Has Opened My Door To Different Worlds.
First of all, if it weren't for HIVE, I certainly wouldn't be so familiar with the blockchain and the cryptocurrency world. Except that, I talk to different people from different countries on HIVE, I read their intimate posts. I compare HIVE to the first times of internet when it became widespread, I hope it will not break down in the future.
3. HIVE Has Contributed To My Personal Development.
Before HIVE, I can say that I had almost never made blog posts. Naturally, it was difficult to write a post at first, but now when I start a post, the rest comes, as long as I have the desire to write. I think that my research, thinking, expression and interpretation skills improved by writing such blog-style posts. I also share my posts in English, thus I improve my English as well.
4. HIVE Teaches Patience and Long-Term Thinking.
To me, HIVE encourages patience and long-term thinking for people who want to be here stay on the platform. As I am personally patient, make long-term plans and think ahead, I easily embraced this feature of HIVE.
5. HIVE Has Shown That The Value of Time Could Be Money.
What made me think like that? For instance, you waste your time when sharing something or when looking someone else's unnecessary posts, stories, videos, etc. on other known social media platforms. This time can sometimes go over an hour, but what do you get in return? Just a like and the ego satisfaction that comes with it. However, if you do this on HIVE, you have a very high probability of earning an income in return. Thus, the equivalent of the time you spend can have a monetary value.