It’s funny how you can be miserable one minute, but within a short while, the way you think can change your mood.
This morning, I got an email from the lottery telling me that I’d had a win.
I went to the website and checked to see how much. I’d won £6.20. I was happy with that as I rarely win anything and when I do it’s usually a lucky dip go.
The most I’ve ever won was £30 a few years ago.
So I thought I’d take a quick look to see how I’d done. I wished I hadn’t. I usually do two lines, one with the same numbers every week and the other, a lucky dip line
A quick look showed me that I’d had 6 different numbers. Had I got them all on the same line, I’d have won £154 million. You can imagine how gutted I was.
About an hour later, I thought I’d take another look – it’s funny how you sometimes need the blow to give you a double whammy to just confirm it.
It was on that second look that I realised that I was wrong. What I would have had was the five main numbers and one lucky star number, which meant I wouldn’t have won the jackpot, I would have in actual fact won £137, 339.50. All of a sudden, the pain didn’t seem so bad.
But then I decided to look at it another way.
I’d actually won £6.20, £3.10 on each line. I realised there were two good things about that.
1) I’ve never had two wins on the same day on the Lottery before.
2) I was actually in front by £1.20. When I win a lucky dip, it’s only a free go, not actually a monetary win.
All of a sudden I’m happy again, because maybe, just maybe, they’re preparing me for a much bigger win.
I shall wait in expectation.
Maybe not for today, maybe not tomorrow, but when it happens, I’ll be ready!
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