“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, writer and lecturer

“What would you do,” she asked, “if you won the lottery?”

“The odds of that are pretty low,” I replied. “A snowflake’s chance, as they say.”

“People still win,” she stated. “You hear about them all the time and occasionally see a picture posted in a gas station.” She held her hands out in front of her as if framing a print. “Bob won a million dollars at this gas station! You could be next. So it does happen.”

“I guess I’d pay off my mortgage,” I said, “help out my friends and family.”

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