Winning the Lottery
Victor M. Rivera Christina ENG 1250, EOL53 26 January 2013 Winning the lottery Winning the lottery is the wish and desire of every person in the world. In Fact, it can either make life miserable or wonderful, full of joy. It can cause a change of personality in steadily. But, when individuals that lived a normal poor or middle class life overnight become worth more than they could ever imagine. At that point, it creates life risk, family issues, or even depression. Overall there’s a good and bad side to winning the lottery. Like getting rid of debt, or taking care of your family future.
Considering the luck of winning the lottery, there are a few cause and effect to that tremendous change of life which will affect each and everyone in your path of lifestyle forever. Wishing to be a lottery winner sound great but when the actual moment arrives, it will transform each and every person in a different way for life. “Why is winning the lottery great? ” First of all, it can help you pay all debt and help establish a better future for loved ones. But, also can create more debt if you don’t know how to manage your money right. It can help your children future as well by providing better education and a secure ticket to college.
In fact, it can be opposite children decided not attending further education or waste the life saving on other unimportant things. There’s even time it can be a life risk. Everyone in the world will know the winner of the lottery ticket. It would also create an uncomfortable environment. Everything will change from being a calm easy going day to having daily reporters at your door steps, having agencies calling to provide there services, or even at same time people will start calling for a part of the money like family members, friends, and other source asking for help.
Establishing safety and security procedures would have to be the first step to any millionaire winner overnight. Deborah L. Jacobs, Forbes staff states, “As it happens, winning the lottery isn’t always the happy ending to a life story anyway”(par. 4). According to numerous winners it can help or destroy your family. More money is more problems. Which in the future can change your kind, sweet heart to a mean, cold-hearted person brought upon of the numerous attention and pressure from family, friends, and other sources. It will or can lead to depression. Depression can lead to spending, drinking, or even bigger terrible things.
Everything is going to be difficult in a way with money or without money. Winning the lottery is everyone’s dream but it can really become a nightmare. By, simply playing $5, $10, or $15 at your local gas station. It can make an incredible change to your life style and future. Without knowing if the changes will be for better or worse. Sadly to say money doesn’t always bring happiness like some people would think and can cause distress, rather than joy. Disappoint my come from having that amount of money in your life. Eventually not matter what you do and say life is going to be like being on a spot light your whole entire life.
Your biggest responsibility will be to secure, protect, and guarantee the safety of yourself and nearby family. Well, every choice in life has a cause and effect. So, sometimes it takes more thinking to obtain a better answer or just analysis the situation you can probably determine the outcome. Winning the lottery can give you a lot but, also can take from you the most valuable and priceless possession you ever had before. Work Cited Jacobs, Deborah L. “Winning the Lottery Isn’t Alway a Happy Ending. ” N. p. , 28 Nov. 2012. Web. <www. forbes. com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/11/28/winning-the-lottery-isnt-always-a-happy-ending/>.
