She Predicted That I Would Mint Money Out Of A Box, This Is What Happened!
It was circa 1992 when computers were practically unheard of in India. I was only 4 years old at the time and my working parents would leave me at a day care centre 100mts from my school. It was a wonderful time, when we played a lot. I made some great friends, some of them have remained my friends even today.
Every day after school, some of the older kids from my school would hold my hand and guide me down the road to this old house with a high, tiled roof and large rooms! The house was many decades old, and had a big open backyard with plenty of room for a dozen kids to run around!
I spent 2 years here before the landlord had the lady relocate the centre to a different location altogether.
The day care owner's mother also lived with her at the time. She was a physiognomist and a palmist.
Physiognomist are people who can often judge a person's character or try to predict their future by reading faces. This old lady had a rather positive outlook in general and managed to say good things about people.
One day, when my mother was over to pick me up, the old woman asked my mother about her aspirations and dreams for my future. During the conversation my mother asked the old lady for her opinion on what she thought about my future.
She replied and had positive things to say about me in general. But when it came to my future she predicted that one day as I get closer to my 30th year I will sit in front a box and mint money in minutes at a snap of my finger. This boxy thing would resemble a vertical book. Something I will use to derive my knowledge from and use it to yield these results. A book of knowledge of sorts, so to speak!
Strange and incredulous as it sounds, at that time neither the lady or my mother knew what it was. It seemed like an old woman rambling away some mumbo-jumbo. No one knew anything about computers, much less about any possibility of earning money using it. So in retrospect, a vertical book of knowledge is simply a vague interpretation of the computer today. Well, atleast you could say that it was!
Fast forward a decade later, I'm building websites, creating graphics using Photoshop and learning to run a Apache server to test my websites locally on a slow computer using an even slower 56.6kbps dial-up internet connection to manage a couple of websites! Computers were starting to be everywhere and I was beginning to discover the possibilities of earning on the internet with it.
Nearly another decade later, I was freelancing for editorial content for one of the top 3 automotive portals in India whilst working full-time in digital advertising. It was then I felt I could start a small business around content development and was looking for a name for my sole-proprietorship firm.
When I asked my mother for a suggestion, she recollected this story and the name stuck as, 'Out Of The Box Solutions.' A couple of years later as I shut it down and restarted my operations to include editorial consulting as a partnership firm under the name of, 'Focus Innovate Solutions.' The name derived from my obsession with find solutions to problems in general, I forgot about this story altogether.
Few days ago I took my parents out to a celebratory dinner when I achieved a certain milestone on Steemit. As we returned from the dinner my mom recited this story in complete detail and said that the prediction has finally come true and how!
Today, I'm earning reasonably well sitting in front of an electronic box, day in and day out! I'm increasing my knowledge and adding to my skill sets and it's compensating me well for my efforts. An electronic box of knowledge that allows me to earn my bread, everyday!
I couldn't believe it myself when I first heard it but then it came to be true! But, today it's not just true for me. Because, if you think about it for a second you realize:
The incredible fact that now with Steemit each and everyone of us is making money out of a box!
So cheers to us!
As I recollect my Steemit journey, I remember how I started with just 10 SP worth $30 in late-July and I'm over 20K SP today, worth over 40K USD! All of this was earned using an old boxy thing that sits on my desk and allows me to punch in my thoughts, feelings and materialise my efforts into something tangible that has helped a few people here along the way!
What an incredible time to be alive! Is it not?
Do you believe in these types of situations and are there any predictions in your life that have come true?
Have you come across any such strange things in your life where somebody told you that you would do something incredible in your life and years later you ended up achieving it?
Your childhood story is nice and that's such an accurate prediction. That's so cool to have over 20k SP in your account, I just started Steemit about a month ago and I wished I could do the same
Thank you so much! It's great to have that SP of my own because now Im able to make a slightly greater positive difference to the community !
Your childhood story is very touched in reading in this paper, I love the story, the struggle you feel is great.
Whatever and how your exact condition through all by enjoying
Thank you so much! :)
People are either afraid of the things they cannot coprehend or they hate them because they don't have the courage or the knowledge to achieve them. I personally never trust the betting odds and the predictions. Steemit is heading straight to mainstream and no one can stop it. Crypto is starting an IT renaissance which will eventually start a real society renaissance. Let's not forget that Steemit's goal is to contribute to the society and I believe that it's impact is going to be worldwide. I just think that I'm not exaggarating when I say that Steemit might actually spark a revolution, but only our consistence and time will tell. See you all there. :) @firepower
That's quite true, what you said! Crypto is going to change the world and Steemit is going to be there amongst the top! Great to see you stop by my blog!
That sounds amazing. I aspire to be where you are right now. It's going slow, but hopefully I can make enough money from my mint box!
Thank you for sharing this story, it's motivating and actually super cute. One day I hope to take my mom out for dinner from Steemit money - hell the Restaurant may even take bitcoin by then.
Thanks girl! :)
Great story! The old woman had some skills apparently! I think I am going to think of Steemit like minting money out of a box from now on...yeah, I like that image :)
That's a good idea! Thank you for your comment! :)
very interesting story and thought provoking. you story illustrate how faith, hope, vision, information and hard work can make success a reality. in your case, you have people that believe in you, which is very very important, whenever you have loving and caring people around you,those who feel and believe that your are good and that you can be great in future,it give you the inner strength to work hard knowing that people are looking up to you for your success and you wouldn't want to disappoint them. We can link it with the attitude of some members of this community who see something good in others, who wishes other members success. if this show of love continue, it will be difficult to see a failure in this community. lesson from your story, always see something good in others, even if they are not doing well at the moment. always pray for the success of you children and people around you, always seek for knowledge because knowledge is power. poverty cannot stop you from being what God has destined you to be but only you have the power to either stop yourself or to keep moving forward. thank you for sharing your story with us.
What a fantastic response! Thank you for the kind words as well as the through provoking statements you've made! By far the best comment in this post is yours! Thank you for stopping by!
I want to visit this lady! Do you know if she is still among the living, have you tried to find her to tell her she was right?
I've never had an encounter like this, but I'm very interested in your story. Are our destinies already decided? It's the questions that we will not have answers to while we are here that are the most intriguing.
She's no more unfortunately! She passed away many years ago!
I dont know if our destinies are decided already but we all have it in us to make it big in our life should we decide to try it! :)
I'd like to think that nothing is written in stone anywhere and I agree with the idea that we can be anything we choose, but then I do also think that some things are meant to be, such as in your case.
I suppose so! Often people tell us something; either positive about us or negative.. Pay no attention to either and focus on what you need to get done and eventually good things happen to you! That's my belief anyways :D
I definitely believe in this kind of thing. I haven't actually been told this, other than the meaning within a name that I was given during my time practicing high magick. Names and words have meaning within them and so you can derive what the Order is trying to set forth for you with your goals by following true to yourself and representing (or invoking) the power of the words given to you, if that makes sense. In any case, I kind of have an idea. That being said though, ironically, I tend to be on the other side of things because I read tarot and I practice witchcraft. I teach classes and do coaching for others and in a lot of ways I end up telling people what I see for them. A few years ago I began writing these things down and the interesting thing is that when you are in the flow of it, it is uncanny at how often it all turns out to be right. I know there are many times though that I look at the cards, I say what I see and it makes absolutely no sense to me. So, I get where they wouldn't know what a computer or what Steem is or anything like that. Thank you for sharing :)
Thank you for this wonderful, well thought out comment! Rarely do I get to read a detailed response like this on my work! :)
You are welcome. I think it is important to communicate when we can. This happened to be a topic I know a thing or two about. Personally, it's nice to hear the other side's perspective as well. Thanks for sharing! See you around :)
Same here! Thanks for stopping by.
Its a beautiful time to be alive when growing with cryptos....I think we are the lucky few people involved in the steemit community early.
Thank you so much for your comment! :)
Keep the good posts coming mate.
What an incredible story! I wonder what everyone must have thought and pictured back then, picturing grown up you conjuring cash from a box!
Your parents must be so proud, you've done quite well :)
Thank you so much! A.Kitten. It's great to see you stop by my blog again! :) They are proud and now especially because I'm doing things no one in my family ever has!
While waiting for my train I considered what I would do to pass the time in my travels. You came to mind :)
(I'm stalking your blog ;) )
I love your stories and your style!
Thank you so much! You are welcome to stalk my blogs by all means haha!
Much appreciated! :)