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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Lotteries are sinister. "LOTTERIES in Singapore have made more than 200 people instant millionaires in the past five years, with five big winners in the past week alone." -The Straits Times I always wondered if the newspaper runs a column about the fates of these instant millionaires 5 to 10 years down the road, what would I be reading about? Don't you think that will be REALLY interesting? I wonder how many of them are able to preserve their wealth coming from such "instant" methods. I hope I'll be proven wrong, but I feel that my hypotheses will be right. 1) Majority of them will end up losing most or all of their instant money given time. 2) Some of them will be backstabbed, deceived or hurt by their friends or relatives. 3) Other winners become paranoid about their money won which lead to attitude or personality changes for the worse. Of course, these are just intuitive guesses not backed up by real statistics. Just a thought that it'd be a really interesting area of investigation, which, if found valid, proves THE point that if a person doesn't have the ability to contain wealth, that is probably the reason why he/she isn't gaining wealth. And that we should start gaining wealth by expanding our ability through hard work, not shortcuts...coz eventually you're still gonna lose it all without the knowledge and wisdom to preserve your wealth. My conclusion? Lotteries are sinister. Labels: contemplative 4:38 PM
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