That single statement is the one statement that will always assure you will remain poor.
In life, you don't get what you deserve, you get what negotiate.
When you write steemit posts, you're negotiating. Have you ever had that feeling like "how the hell did that BS post make $100 and my 2 hour epic poem only make 24 cents?" This is why. Steemit is a process of writing and negotiating, not a process of writing and society fulfilling some mythical obligation to you.
Beside's, "you owe me money" has no Zen or Kama, or whatever, to it. If you're running around yelling at people to give you what you "deserve" maybe the universe is telling you you didn't deserve anything in the first place.
Stop worrying about who owes you what. Start posting. Now you're negotiating!