My wife and I occasionally purchased a lottery ticket and a couple of scratch-offs. Once, our lottery ticket had 5 of 6 for the $14 million. That was over 25 years ago. We never gamble, and after that, we eventually stopped buying lottery tickets. With age, I considered what would happen today if I won $300 million. Half and half again for taxes would net me $75 million. That windfall might destroy me. That's okay. But my daughter and two grandchildren are more important to me than my own life. Sudden wealth, or even those who have earned millions, have a responsibility to manage great wealth. In my opinion, wealth destroys more than it enriches families. Today, I focus on my life, learning about Christianity, Judaism, Mental Health, Tao, Confucius, and Buddha. I pray and wish for my family to make decisions that will keep them safe, happy, healthy, at ease, and at peace. None of that takes great wealth. Money is important, but people are more important. My daughter is 51, my grandson is 21, my granddaughter is 17, and all three are wiser than I am at any stage of my life. You love your family as I love mine. For this, we are both truly grateful.
The thrill with every ticket must have been fun, for awhile 💝 I tried gambling (blackjack) the first time our company took us to Vegas and I just knew immediately it wasn’t for me. 😂 Like paying the taxes, the loss means more to me than the chance to win. And you’re right, sudden changes in lifestyle are very risky to physical and mental health.
May I say, life is not about “winning”, I know that but Sir, but if winning can be a condition of life, you are winning with a family happy and successful. 🙏🏻
My daughter just became a teenager, and I worry about what being that age means, compared to when I fought those battles. Would I have been prepared for how things are now? I can judge today from my memory of yesterday, which my child cannot do. And I wonder if my parents went through the same trepidation over me.
They must have, Brad, the oddest line to cross is seeing them as adults, meaning letting them make decisions even when we feel we can guess the outcomes.
I have become a prophet, sighing and frowning (and stroking my long gray beard) when my teen makes the inevitable mistake, and I am about to tell the future.
My wife and I occasionally purchased a lottery ticket and a couple of scratch-offs. Once, our lottery ticket had 5 of 6 for the $14 million. That was over 25 years ago. We never gamble, and after that, we eventually stopped buying lottery tickets. With age, I considered what would happen today if I won $300 million. Half and half again for taxes would net me $75 million. That windfall might destroy me. That's okay. But my daughter and two grandchildren are more important to me than my own life. Sudden wealth, or even those who have earned millions, have a responsibility to manage great wealth. In my opinion, wealth destroys more than it enriches families. Today, I focus on my life, learning about Christianity, Judaism, Mental Health, Tao, Confucius, and Buddha. I pray and wish for my family to make decisions that will keep them safe, happy, healthy, at ease, and at peace. None of that takes great wealth. Money is important, but people are more important. My daughter is 51, my grandson is 21, my granddaughter is 17, and all three are wiser than I am at any stage of my life. You love your family as I love mine. For this, we are both truly grateful.
The thrill with every ticket must have been fun, for awhile 💝 I tried gambling (blackjack) the first time our company took us to Vegas and I just knew immediately it wasn’t for me. 😂 Like paying the taxes, the loss means more to me than the chance to win. And you’re right, sudden changes in lifestyle are very risky to physical and mental health.
May I say, life is not about “winning”, I know that but Sir, but if winning can be a condition of life, you are winning with a family happy and successful. 🙏🏻
You made me laugh. “Like paying the taxes, the loss means more to me than the chance to win.”
Also, it takes someone to love a family to know a family. And you love your family. 🙏
My daughter just became a teenager, and I worry about what being that age means, compared to when I fought those battles. Would I have been prepared for how things are now? I can judge today from my memory of yesterday, which my child cannot do. And I wonder if my parents went through the same trepidation over me.
They must have, Brad, the oddest line to cross is seeing them as adults, meaning letting them make decisions even when we feel we can guess the outcomes.
I have become a prophet, sighing and frowning (and stroking my long gray beard) when my teen makes the inevitable mistake, and I am about to tell the future.
Bet she *loves* that