The news this morning mentioned a man in the USA who a) won the lottery and then b) died within 28 days due to a health issue.
Let’s hope he had a great life, let’s hope winning the lottery was just a high five in the grand scale of his life. Perhaps his family will enjoy what he could not now they have his winnings.
I remember when I won the lottery “you’re the winner” the lady said, and I had never felt such a jolt, such an OMG moment and then she handed me the $23.75 (my winnings). I then realised that I was A winner and not The winner. I have no recollection of how I spent the winnings, dog food or a bottle of wine perhaps? However, I do remember (vaguely) that moment when I had gone from no expectation of winning to, “could this really be happening?” And no it was not happening from a big scale perspective, it was just still a win.
Ok we cannot control what happens, we can only control how we feel about it. That moment that day was a real ha ha for me – I’m sure it happened before the Alanis song (below), however that song really summed it up – and yes I remember the comments re the meaning of Irony and how this may well miss the mark – however it pretty much summed it up for me that day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc
Alanis Morissette
Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” (in my humble opinion one of the best books ever, tough and gut wrenching, but just incredible), I digress, and it shows how we feel about something is the only thing we can control, I need to remember that.
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/frankl/frankl.html
Viktor Frankl