By: Samantha S. Daviss
We hear of all these stories about wonderfully lucky people
who win the lottery, or have fabulous lifestyles or careers that their cash
flow is endless. And I would love to be that wealthy…and not for the obvious
reasons like wanting to have a villa in the heart of Tuscany, or a fabulous
yacht, or live in the lap of luxury. But for the more obscure reasons, like
paying it forward.
I hear and read about all of these generous stories of
people paying for airline tickets for wounded soldiers to go see family, or an
attorney helping out his waiter with severe dental issues and paying $25,000 to
have his teeth repaired, or paying for a veteran’s meal at a restaurant. Now the
meal I could probably swing, but I want to be able to pay for every veteran or
active duty service man or woman’s meal, every time I see them.
To have all of the money in the world, or at least a nice
chunk, I want to help those that need helping. I want to fill the kitty on Make
a Wish Foundation, I want to be able to pay for families who haven’t seen their
loved ones in years to fly home for a visit. I want to fulfill dreams of kids
who have never seen the ocean or felt the salt water on their skin, or for that
matter had a chance to fly in an airplane.
Basically I want to give those in need a chance at adventure.
If they have to walk 50 miles to work every day, I want to be able to buy them
a new car. I would love to start a scholarship fund for students from my
hometown to attend my alma mater.
I want to bless people with a life worth living, and a life
they deserve. There are so many people out there who have offered their
services to our great nation through the military or just working a minimum
wage job to support their families and give them the best lives they can, I
would love nothing more than to give to those people.
If a person wasn’t able to finish their high school degree
or college degree, I would love nothing more than to pay for them to finish
school and change their stars.
What a wonderful gift that would be for me to afford people
the lifestyles they deserve and have worked so hard for. I want to say thank
you to all those in need. I want to protect them, open shelters, open job
opportunities, and want to be someone who could change the world one person,
one smile, or life at a time.
But there again is that one minor hurdle…the fact that I
don’t have all of these extra piles of cash laying around. But maybe someday I
will be blessed with the lottery and can pay it forward. I would of course do
it all anonymously, I want no recognition, no praise, and no appreciation…I
just want to see the smiles on faces, the happy tears in their eyes, and the
eternal gratitude that in some small way their life has been changed.
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