Yesterday I was surfing around Hive for something to read and came across a post by a young farmer from the Philippines. He shared about how he was trying to scratch a living in a quiet little corner of his beautiful country. I reblogged his post but wished I could have done much more.
This is why I've always dreamed since I was a kid of becoming a billionaire and spending the rest of my life giving most of it away to deserving people out there in this big, but sometimes troubled world.
I'd drop in on Hive posts (many whose authors live in developing countries), read their stories, and with a click of the mouse, just drop them 10,000 HIVE. That could make a big difference in far-flung corners of the globe, where in some areas the annual salary equals roughly a dollar a day.
So a "little bit" can go a long way.
This has echoes of the post I wrote yesterday about Legacy, and wanting to leave a positive wake behind me when I shuffle of this mortal coil. So my message to readers is to do as much good as you can because you never know when your time is up.
Part of this also stems from learning about the sudden death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at 47. Seeing his gaunt appearance in his last video and reading that he was limited to just one loaf of bread per month birthed a thought: DAMN! Why did he return?
I remember discussing him with my Russian classmates, and the other guy who was murdered on a bridge. Nobody should die that young, but he preferred to return and fight rather than enjoy a comfortable exile in the west as others have done.
And that's when you realize you want to do something rather than just taking up space on the globe to live out what you truly believe in.
You may not be able to do big things, but every small act of kindness helps. So while I can't drop 10K HIVE here and there (at least not YET :), I can highlight a post so that it gets the exposure that it deserves. If we all do that one little thing, they will all add up something of consequence when needed the most.
This is the kind of thing I try and do, too. I don't have a lot of power/money/authority/whatever, but I try and do a little good where I can. If everyone did that, it would compound!
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Right? I see it as our way of "paying the rent" for living in this amazing world. And since I came from a very poor family, I know what it is to want and not have. So I try to lighten the loads of deserving people wherever I can.
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And this is why you will never have 10k hive.
Let me try to explain that. I probably won't succeed, so don't take it as an assault on you, this has to do with how the universe works, and how to actually help someone, and how to stop thinking poor, and start thinking rich.
You'ld just like to "drop 10,000 HIVE"
I know in dollar terms, that isn't much, but in HIVE terms that is a lot. That would instantly make you a dolphin if you powered up. Here, 1,000 HIVE is a lot. It is actually the first big step in being able to decide who and how much to vote for people. It is a really big deal to get there. Would you deny someone the journey, the enjoyment of getting to that first major milestone? You better make sure you aren't destroying someone's dream by dropping them some HIVE.
If you had a million HIVE, you could do this 100 times. Dropping 10k. Is 100 times actually a big number? we have 8 billion people on the planet. Dropping on only 100 can really seem unfair. How will you choose who to help, and who not to help?
Lottery winners are almost always less happy, and broker they were than when they won. Money does not solve their problems, nor does it make them rich. So, you really need to make sure that the person you are dropping upon can accept that help. If you drop on a heroine addict, you are basically killing the person.
In our world, there are endless possibilities, even with all these people suffering from lack. There is plenty of money. SOOOOOO much money. More money will not help. But getting your mindset changed so that you can see the opportunity and capitalize upon it is almost the whole of the journey. Or just getting to the starting line.