by Raymond Alexander Kukkee
A Big Win would Ring Your Bell
you have won the king of jackpots, the Powerball. Only 316 Million dollars. Let's make that 453 Million since
we're pretending big .
See what greed does? I digress. Cars, boats, luxury homes, grand vacations. Wow. Lady Luck is shining upon you.
Why did you win, --and not the family with the big mortgage and five kids down the street? How about the homeless couple that sleeps under the bridge? The farmer that is about to lose the family farm because crops have failed five years in a row? Is winning based on need?
Apparently not. Luck?
Is winning karma? 'Just reward' for some kindness, something you have done for others, something that was wonderful?
Why did you win? Why not the kindly, elderly gray-haired grandmother that has raised seven children, 19 grandchildren, has a wooden leg, and still volunteered, not missing a day at the hospital for the last 23 years? Did you help her across the street during the last ice storm, or do something else special,
anything to deserve the big win? No? Would that help your luck?
Speak up. What's that, you say? Nothing? No. Not surprising. Winning the lottery--is it really luck? How about the odds? Did you buy one ticket, or ten? Did that help? If the odds are one in 50 million and you buy two tickets, wow, that's two chances in 50 million. Still
microscopic. Zilch, zip, still nothing. There must be other forces at work.
Predestiny? The '
Official Plan', approved by God? Punishment? A test of character to see what YOU will do? Would you share the wealth? Would you do something good with all that money, since clearly you couldn't bother to help the little old lady across the street in the ice storm
before you got rich?
The essential nature character of any individual is more likely to remain constant than change.
Old habits die hard.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks and all that. Maybe winning isn't as lucky as it might be. Maybe winning isn't luck at all.
Perhaps misfortune or even evil shall overtake. Winners get sick and die six months later. Recently in the news a big lottery winner was found dead--the very next day. Apparently poisoned. Cyanide.
Imagine that. Sometimes bad things happen, but that's just a little too coincidental isn't it?
We are compelled to ask. Let's give our heads a shake. Is winning
really luck?
Is that incoming I hear?
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About Raymond Alexander Kukkee
A published author and freelance writing professional, Raymond lives and writes in Northwestern Ontario.
Gardening with Uncle Mac
My stepmother faithfully played the lottery every week. Over the years, she probably won about $15K. She still died before she was 60. While she shared some of the money, she was quick to point out, “If you don’t buy a ticket, I can’t share with you because I did not win any of your money.”
The nice ppl who would be awesome for them to win, do not gamble with their money. They will never win. The ppl who do win big, have no interest in the ppl who would do something constructive and reasonable with the money.
Ugh. This pushes my buttons.
Hi Red..so true. Seriously, people that would actually do some good never seem to win. This subject makes me wonder too.
“If you’re not in it, you can’t win it” isn’t totally true, if you don’t buy a ticket and you don’t win, you just saved yourself $5.00 or whatever the ticket cost would have been. That’s winning isn’t it? “:)
Your stepmother, typical of MIL’s, cut to the chase,”If you don’t buy a ticket I can’t share with you because I did not win any of YOUR money”…cute. I haven’t heard that line of ‘reasoning’ before…..how true, but….not not ‘exactly’ kind either is it. Hm…there’s always new and creative reasons and excuses not to share. *That’s not really new, is it…