Thanks intelliguy :)

I do not need my anonymity on this and I am glad that people appreciate it. I will say, however, that I had no way of paying off my house completely---though it would have done wonders on how much we have left.

I simply hope other whales are thinking like I am...and doing similar things. Because if so, we are all going to be very happy one of these days.

As for the important part of what you say here--our own actions can give people hope. and when you give people hope they build a better world. Nothing and I mean nothing is more valuable than that for everyone living today. That includes my wife and son.

If spending money I have earned on steemit from my hangouts and other work goes into building tools that empower others....well then guess what? We will have armies of empowered people who want to constructively make changes. Talk about an ROI.... ;)