I used to play lottery quite regularly but not anymore. At one point I was even scared that one day I might actually end up hitting the jackpot!

I suddenly realized that I would then lose much of what precious friends and family I have right now while “winning” a lot of new toys and expensive diversions, plus the unending supercilious condescension of some filthy rich strangers.

Let me explain.

After meditating on the issue, I’ve decided that there is no way for anyone to continue living the life that they do, have the family that they do, and talk to the friends that they do have after winning, say, ten, twenty, or a hundred million dollars or more in lottery.

For one thing, after hitting the jackpot, it would be next to impossible to continue working at one’s day job.

Next, would come the house. It would be again next to impossible to continue to live in the same house. Since for just a “few million dollars” one can always find a “dream house” with a dream scenery, it wouldn’t be long before a big moving van parks in front, loading up for the trip to the “millionaires club.”

But while you quit your job and move to the Dream Land there would be considerable ill will and resentment from all around.

Your relatives, friends and ex-coworkers, for one, would hate you for leaving the rat race behind only on account of tremendous dumb luck. So unless you share almost all your money with them, they’d be so upset with you that they probably would not want to see your face anymore in their homes and barbecue parties. And you’d be sitting there by your new in-ground pool, scratching your head while sipping your power drink as to why nobody is returning your phone calls anymore.

Your “new neighbors,” on the other hand, those who live in the other $5 Million dollar mansions by the bay and next to the Country Club, would probably also resent your presence because you dropped into their midst by the lottery parachute and did not “really earn it” ( how true). So in order to ingratiate yourself to their graces you would start spending obscene lumps of money on stuff that never mattered to you before, like spending your winters at the correct vacation resort on the Swiss Alps.

You would soon discover that buying the good will of the Upper Class and building a new and permanent “profile of success” require the kind of cash flow that even a national lottery cannot supply.

Hit from both ends of the social spectrum by increasing demands to prove your bona fides and “authenticity,” you’d probably start wondering whether winning the darn lottery was such a good idea after all.

That’s why I say, do include all big-time lottery winners in your prayers because most if not all of them are probably in severe need of our genuine compassion as well.

So, having said all that, what do I do now with this fresh Power Ball ticket that I’ve just bought from a 7-Eleven on the way home from work?

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Senior Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 corporations since 1999.

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