{"id":4900,"date":"2014-10-10T15:56:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T22:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2017-10-01T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:27:19","slug":"4900","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-things\/4900\/","title":{"rendered":"$228 million? Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lotteryticket\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yesterday, at a bank, while waiting for some assistance, a stranger also waiting for a customer service banker asked me, <\/p>\n

“Are YOU THE winner of the lottery!?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

This gentleman asked, not jokingly, but seriously, so I was taken aback.<\/p>\n

???<\/p>\n

me: “Ummm…hah?” totally dumb-founded confused … “what?”
\nHe: “I thought YOU could be that lottery winner.” finally getting the mistaken identity …thinking… oh, wow …WISH!
\nme: “why? Did someone win in this town?”
\nHe: “Yes, a big one – didn’t you hear about it?”
\nme “No, I’ve never bought a lottery ticket in my life – How much did she win?”<\/p>\n

He: “$228 million jackpot!<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Whaatttt??!!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whatever possessed him to think I could actually be such a winner of fortune? It’s INSANE!
\nInsane – the way David Chang, Chef of Momofuku would say… just Insane!!! Me?<\/p>\n

I guess this interaction made me think about the image I project. I wondered:<\/p>\n

DO I look like a 200+million $ Jackpot lottery winner?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the local news, the winner turns out to be a man and he “told the California Lottery he has no plans for the money yet.
\n‘I just want to be a normal man,’ is what he said. It is reported that the winner chose the annuity payment option which will give him the full $228,467,735 jackpot paid out over 30 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*** So now the question is – should I be flattered to think that someone actually thought that I could be that <\/p>\n

LUCKY?<\/strong><\/p>\n

And if you were the winner of a jackpot, what would you do?
\nHow would you spend that ?
\nWould you want to be just a normal person or ?
\nIt’s interesting to note that lottery winners are not necessarily leading a more fulfilled or happy life. Really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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