How many assets do you own that have performed as well as Hive in the last two years?
Today Hive is up 7% but it has also trebled in price since we forked away from the shitshow that steem became.
Source coingecko
Hive is so much more than it's daily price movements. It is a paradigm shift of epic proportions away from the old value extracting systems of the early web.
Hive is a fundamental shift in power from the monopoly technology companies to the individual users/owners/us of the Hive and related tokens.
This of course takes time and the preexisting system is not going to sit by and let this happen without a fight but there is no way they can stop it from happening because of one feature of the Hive blockchain. Decentralization. There is no one single entity for them to attack.
Time is on our side. Many people associate price with value. This is missing the point of Hive entirely.
We as token holders own this whole setup and no one can take it away from us. Hive is not a get rich quick scheme. It's a place where we can make/build whatever we want without risk of censorship as long as it's not about hate speech or inciting violence.
Hivers are smart, strong and resilient people, at least the ones I've met.
We don't generally look at daily price action but tend to think how to improve on the technology we are building. I'm still blogging while I figure out what I have to offer. I've been in the software development field for most of my working life.
The lifetime chart below shows our journey over the whole time of our existence. It shows that the underlying fundamentals are moving in the right direction. Those excessive peaks are the exception rather than the rule.
Source Coingecko
More good news instead of the avalanche of fud that seems to be shared everywhere currently.
I know that bad news travels faster and gets more attention than good news but that's another story.
I'm approaching double dolphin status with my Hive account sitting at over 10,000 Hive and all of it earned via blogging, vlogging and interacting with people on our various networks. In just 2 years. Plus a fairly healthy amount of Leo and other tokens.
I don't power down which may seem odd to some people but it's my account to do with as I see fit.
I'm fortunate that I don't rely on Hive as an income stream and rather look at it as a long term investment in my creative pursuits.
It also allows me to support people and projects that I think are interesting and useful or by simply upvoting and or delegating some Leo to 
Financial reward was not my primary objective although I know Hive is supporting many projects where people are in dire need.
I have been creating content online almost as long as the public web has been around. As in the video below most of my content is educational. I am a teacher by default and training.
Every time something or someone would come along and yank the platform from under me. Therefore it is great to have an alternative way to share ideas using video and I'm in the process of transitioning my videos to @3Speak.tv and setting up a node to contribute to network stability and growth.
There are many bloggers and video makers on Hive that I have met who have had the same experience.
Hive is now our home and it's good to know that we own it and no one can take it away. That for me is Hives true value.
Seasons greetings to all. I hope you have a peaceful and restful time over the holidays.
