Come on admit it, are you thinking about what you would do if YOU won a billion dollars? I know I am and, given the traffic on Facebook, lots of other people have too.
That amount of money is far beyond the dreams of most of the smart, creative, hard working people I know. Even very successful (or lucky) people with tens of millions of dollars don’t imagine having a billion dollars.
Before the drawing last Saturday, I had dinner with friends. We talked about what we would do if we won the lottery. Let me preface this by saying that none of the friends at the table are wealthy – yet all have jobs, a place to live, enough food, clothes and some discretionary money. After all we were having dinner out.
Yet when people spoke about what having that money would mean to them, most of the answers had to do with how they would spend their time and the people and causes they would help. Of course there were some bigger houses (but no mansions), a better car or maybe a special piece of art. But for the most part it wasn’t about STUFF. It was about experiences and having a positive impact.
This got me thinking. It’s easy to say I intend to do this or that if I had millions (or billions) of dollars. But what if there were intentions we could fulfill right now?
Here’s an invitation for the week:
- Make a list of those things you intend to do if you win the lottery. What experiences do you intend to have? What people or causes do you intend to support? What difference in the world do you intend to make?
- Why are those things important to you?
- How would you feel if you could take action on those intentions?
- NOW here is the biggie: What small steps can you take RIGHT NOW with the resources you have RIGHT NOW, that would honor the great intentions you have?
You may be surprised at how rich you already are. Let me know what you discover and good luck with the lottery!
Until next Tuesday,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth. That is a great was to harness and focus the energy that is building around this lottery. Right on.
Thanks Debra.
Hope you are well and happy.
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