money can't buy heath even though it can help maintain it. inner peace does not require a large check. true friends are more valuable than money. money can't make the sun shine or the rain drop. being rich does not prevent depression or make one a confident person. kindness to others and creativity does not require mega millions. mega millions can enhance all these qualities, but it is not required .
hopefully i will remember to buy a mega millions ticket, but if i don't i will still strive to live the enriched life i envision for myself.
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I agree entirely. In fact, in some ways, I am already living that idealistic life.
A few weeks ago, I was brainstorming what I really wanted in life and realized that I don't have a single problem that could be solved by money. I was learning in a Yeshiva where I didn't belong (I'm going somewhere else after Pesach) and constantly being bombarded with suggestions that I date girls who made no sense for me.
If winning the mega-millions would make it any easier to find a smart, yare-shamayim, tzanua girl, I would definitely have bought a ticket. But the reality is that a girl who'd be more interested in me if I had millions of dollars doesn't sound very appealing (or smart or yare-shamayim or tzanua).
Having a healthy social environment and a good place to learn also seem like the type of things that money not only can't buy, but can interfere with.
So basically, $500 million couldn't buy me anything I don't already have.
beautiful values you have. as i was thinking about the lotto, i concluded that if i really had faith i might win, then why would i need to buy a ticket? why would such a miracle even require a ticket? alas, i only have a sliver of such emuna.
thanks eliyahu
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