I’d sit on the Dock of the Bay and think what boat I could buy, then I’d breathe deeply and wish I could write a song as good as Sitting on the Dock of the Bay and realise that money isn’t everything and a boat wouldn’t make me happy anyway.
The lottery as a tempting,entertaining purchase of a ticket either online or over the counter is not the only lottery.
There is, of course ,the lottery of life, and I am one of the many who have won at that.
For this ,I am grateful ,and in my everyday life, I do something useful with it, as there is so much that is needed.
The other lottery is a valid form of entertainment and can be used for great good or ill.
To win at both would be interesting, and hopefully, the gains would multiply and complement each other.
This is not a fait acompli,however, as a vast amount of money descending from what seems like the Heavens can distract and indeed corrupt.No one is safe from this. It would be a difficult path to tread,but not an impossible one.
For now, I will enjoy my freedom from that particular responsibility and will enjoy my own win and what I can do with it.