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marky · 02-04-2007, 01:48 AM

this has always been a thought on my mind...what would i do if i won the lottery? lets say, with a good 5+ million or so left over after taxes.

ive always told people i would not change my life very much. im a simple creature. i probably would drive the same car, live in same house, etc. i would probably continue working at the same job, at least for a while.

but lately ive come to have this desire that if i did indeed win money like that, i would take a little of it and help close family/friends with their issues first, and the rest would be depositing into a trust, or my own foundation, of some sort. as the investments would grow, i would take the earnings to help people in need. i would want to provide help as annonymously as possible...looking for inner city organizations (for example) that are struggling, etc, to make a difference and just need a financial boost. or perhaps provide scholarships for underpriveldged, yet motivated, children to attend school.

i once found $1,000 in las vegas and through a series of synchonistic events ended-up doing just that, helping a christian-based homeless assistance charity in las vegas that was about to close unless they got a cash infusion to help pay utilities (which were about $700 behind). i gave them the whole $1,000. to hear the lady cry as she hugged me and said she prayed to god that something just like this would happen to help them in their time of need proved to me that there are no coincidences in life and things happen for a reason. she asked, and it was given, and i was a participant in making it happen...i just listened to my heart telling me what to do. i visited them a couple years later and they moved into a new and bigger place, helping even more people than before. it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life to know i played a small role in making that happen.

anyone else ever have an experience like that? or what would you do if you won the lottery?

m.

02-04-2007, 01:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
marky Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 33	What if you won the lottery? this has always been a thought on my mind...what would i do if i won the lottery? lets say, with a good 5+ million or so left over after taxes. ive always told people i would not change my life very much. im a simple creature. i probably would drive the same car, live in same house, etc. i would probably continue working at the same job, at least for a while. but lately ive come to have this desire that if i did indeed win money like that, i would take a little of it and help close family/friends with their issues first, and the rest would be depositing into a trust, or my own foundation, of some sort. as the investments would grow, i would take the earnings to help people in need. i would want to provide help as annonymously as possible...looking for inner city organizations (for example) that are struggling, etc, to make a difference and just need a financial boost. or perhaps provide scholarships for underpriveldged, yet motivated, children to attend school. i once found $1,000 in las vegas and through a series of synchonistic events ended-up doing just that, helping a christian-based homeless assistance charity in las vegas that was about to close unless they got a cash infusion to help pay utilities (which were about $700 behind). i gave them the whole $1,000. to hear the lady cry as she hugged me and said she prayed to god that something just like this would happen to help them in their time of need proved to me that there are no coincidences in life and things happen for a reason. she asked, and it was given, and i was a participant in making it happen...i just listened to my heart telling me what to do. i visited them a couple years later and they moved into a new and bigger place, helping even more people than before. it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life to know i played a small role in making that happen. anyone else ever have an experience like that? or what would you do if you won the lottery? m.