Powerball

You can't win if you don't play. That's also the game of life. And where there's hope of winning the jackpot, it's no surprise that only a few are victorious. If we look at it from a different angle, there are many other "jackpots" to win in life; accomplishing dreams; a career; a relationship; strong family ties, etc. How would we truly spend our winnings?

To fantasize about dream homes and vacations, to fancy cars, money for the kids and stupid rich material items is great. However, as billionaire mogul Mark Cuban tells it, if you aren't happy before you win the money, you will not be happy after. Having $1.5 billion dollars would surely make things a lot easier in terms of finances. But if you currently live life in the negative state or constantly wishing things were different, over analyzing every aspect of life, how would millions and billions of dollars make things easier? We've all heard the saying 'More Money More Problems.' As I sat watching the hundreds of people storming the poor convenience store in California that sold the winning Powerball ticket, I chuckled because this was a sheer representation of the mayhem that past lottery winners encounter. As I stomached the realization that I didn't win the lottery, instead, I feel I've hit the jackpot with a wonderful family and child, I also decided to tell my husband, "We weren't supposed to win because it means more if we earn it." Of course sarcasm never fails. He replied with, "A head start with $1.5 million wouldn't hurt!" Since I'm writing and for those of you reading this, I guess we're all in the same boat and back to the drawing board. Mega Millions anyone?! Happy Thursday.

-Leslie Osmond

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