Anything at all can, and does, happen - Be Open to Let Hope in

One full year of data! Welcome to the 52^nd weekly installment of my series on Steem income and growth!

Income on the Steem blockchain is generated by "investment" (the more currency you have, the more you earn) and by "work" (earning currency by contributing content that adds value). All my crypto holdings are in the Steem currency. Now I'm working to earn more, by uploading unique valuable content to the blockchain.

Calculating weekly income

Considering income from accounts that I own, that my wife owns, and group projects using our funds (currently @drutter, @medikatie, @greatesteem, @hempy, @girlsofgreen, @vantocan, & @sativazeee), here's the running tally:

Week 01 - 0840 (+ ? ) Steem (+n/a%)
Week 02 - 0848 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.95%)
Week 03 - 0862 (+14) Steem (+1.65%)
Week 04 - 0868 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.70%)
Week 05 - 0876 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.92%)
Week 06 - 0888 (+12) Steem (+1.37%)
Week 07 - 0914 (+26) Steem (+2.93%)
Week 08 - 0929 (+15) Steem (+1.64%)
Week 09 - 0936 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.75%)
Week 10 - 0953 (+17) Steem (+1.82%)
Week 11 - 0960 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.73%)
Week 12 - 0966 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.63%)
Week 13 - 0973 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.72%)
Week 14 - 0980 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.72%)
Week 15 - 0986 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.61%)
Week 16 - 0991 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.51%)
Week 17 - 0996 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.50%)
Week 18 - 1032 (+36) Steem (+3.61%)
Week 19 - 1040 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.78%)
Week 20 - 1045 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.48%)
Week 21 - 1051 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.57%)
Week 22 - 1059 ( +8 ) Steem (+0.76%)
Week 23 - 1065 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.56%)
Week 24 - 1073 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.75%)
Week 25 - 1079 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.56%)
Week 26 - 1091 (+12) Steem (+1.11%)
Week 27 - 1100 (+ 9 ) Steem (+0.82%)
Week 28 - 1105 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.45%)
Week 29 - 1108 (+ 3 ) Steem (+0.27%)
Week 30 - 1119 (+11) Steem (+0.99%)
Week 31 - 1151 (+32) Steem (+2.86%)
Week 32 - 1159 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.70%)
Week 33 - 1166 (+ 7 ) Steem (+0.60%)
Week 34 - 1172 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.51%)
Week 35 - 1177 (+ 5 ) Steem (+0.42%)
Week 36 - 1183 (+ 6 ) Steem (+0.50%)
Week 37 - 1196 (+13) Steem (+1.10%)
Week 38 - 1204 (+ 8 ) Steem (+0.66%)
Week 39 - 1220 (+16) Steem (+1.33%)
Week 40 - 1250 (+30) Steem (+2.46%)
Week 41 - 1264 (+14) Steem (+1.12%)
Week 42 - 1287 (+23) Steem (+1.82%)
Week 43 - 1300 (+13) Steem (+1.01%)
Week 44 - 1312 (+12) Steem (+0.92%)
Week 45 - 1323 (+11) Steem (+0.84%)
Week 46 - 1351 (+28) Steem (+2.12%)
Week 47 - 1372 (+21) Steem (+1.55%)
Week 48 - 1394 (+22) Steem (+1.60%)
Week 49 - 1410 (+16) Steem (+1.15%)
Week 50 - 1436 (+26) Steem (+1.84%)
Week 51 - 1481 (+45) Steem (+3.13%)
Week 52 - 1505 (+24) Steem (+1.59%)

Average weekly growth (last 10 weeks): +21.7 Steem (+1.58%)

At +24 Steem, it was a week I could only dream about a year ago, but nowadays measures up as fairly average. That in itself is evidence pointing toward success.

The 10 week moving average remained steady near 1.6%, which is extremely promising.

What's more interesting is that these great data come on the back of a fairly normal week. My team and I posted, we commented, we curated. Some larger meta force is at play here - it's not simply that we're trying harder, faster, better, stronger. I'm sure we would gladly accept that credit if it were truly due, but it doesn't seem to be.

Nevertheless, we are doing well, and beginning to see some of our goals becoming obtainable (should things continue like this). The expression "don't count chicks before they hatch", aka "I'll believe it when I see it" comes to mind. But only to be briefly considered and shelved.

Now over 1500 Steem and growing at over 1.5% weekly, we are due to surpass 2200 Steem within 6 months, and 3300 in a year. At current rate, we'll hit 'dolphin' in about 80 weeks.

_{Note: I don't count the funds I'm holding for Mission: Agua-Possible" in my tally.}

For the past few years, I've been increasingly experimenting with my skill at manifesting the changes I want to see in my life. While still delving into this deep pool, I feel I'm beginning to see several signs of success, and the above is one of them.

Another was my ability to go from homeless and sick, to financially stabilized and regaining health. My wife @MediKatie and I were sleeping on couches and under shrubs just a year and a half ago. We didn't lose hope or give up, but the temptation was there.

When the right amount of confidence, competence, optimism, skepticism, realism, passion, wisdom, love, gratitude, and several other factors converge in just the right way, at the right time, absolutely anything is possible. And many of those factors are determined solely by oneself. We have much more power over our futures than most of us realize.

Being open to miracles (big and small) is one way to see them happen in your life. One thing I've noticed about people who live their dreams and succeed at amazing things, is they believed it was possible. Some believed it more than others (sometimes to the point of being almost delusional about it), but they ALL believed. Very few people who succeed at their goals begin with the assumption it isn't possible.

Please, don't give up on yourself.

Positivity really does have a place in our lives. I had been missing out on its benefits for far too long.

May you succeed!
DRutter