Yes, I am unfortunate to not have come across you. Yes, I am fortunate to find you now. Because I share a similar sentiment about posting. I agree that my facebook feed is not all about facebook. I appreciate when I see other interests here. That said, I am pushing myself to write a little more about steemit because I do appreciate it, and I am onboarding more of my friends from the Improv Community. And even then, they don't care about the monies. They don't care about the contests. They care about community and creating comedy. We are a strange breed we comedians of Chicago, willing to sleep in the most cramped places to improvise and do shows every night and then work day jobs the rest of our waking hours. It took it's toll on me and I couldn't stay a starving artist forever.

As an Eagle Scout, I have always served others, even to a fault. For I have been helping people in chat rooms and emails. I have been answering emails and phone calls. The majority of my posts have always been comments, like this, long and thoughtful and hopefully encouraging. My rewards to do not show my value as a person and what I do for others. I do not need other people's approval to know I am a good person, despite when others with money call me a looser. I do not feel those who are financially successful are loosers, no, they are successful, and rightfully so. But I have never understood the obsession with anything that is just financially based. Money is a store of value, what do they do with that value, why chastise those simply doing valuable things.

And with all that considered, I am seeking to find a balance. Steemit has helped at least seek that balance. I still spend most of my time helping an elderly loved one, answering questions of facebook friends, and a dayjob, teaching and doing improv. I have taught myself trading this year and slowly getting less rekt. And I turn to steemit to explore the world. I try not to worry about money, the money will appreciate as long as we appreciate each other. I only used that 'RandoWhale" thing to send money to Steemtrail, which I also curate for because it gives back all the time in sharing people's creations. I expect nothing, and perhaps that is why I have nothing. Perhaps it is something in the improv philosophy, from nothing one can discover everything. I see it every class. I see it every show. I see it every morning I write in a journal that nobody sees, but fills each day.

So today I woke and worked and helped my elderly loved one. Then looked at steemit and found this post. Today started as nothing and discovered someone else's story. I discovered your journey which is everything to you and your loved ones. The discovery alone gave me joy. The encouragement is a great reward. I see that you have made monies. And congrats on that. But I also hear someone who is happy with their decisions and actions. I hear someone who has accomplished their goals. I hear someone looking back on those who may have called them a looser, and feels vindicated. I hear someone worth more than any dollar amount celebrate their community and appreciate those who supported you.

Congratulations to you on all you do. Congratulations to your true friends and family. I look forward to the day that I can add money to the things that I give back to my friends and family. I am thankful to have discovered you when I did. I look forward to more of your gifts to the steemit community. And should I accomplish my goals between now and then, perhaps even meet the one and only trafalgar in Lisbon. I hope to make it there and teach improv to any steemer interested. That is just one of my goals. I hope that you continue to create and accomplish all your goals. Be well.