Snowball's Chance in Hell

2019-07-18

I recall from childhood Linus sitting in the pumpkin patch. Hoping that the vines and ripe melons would be 'the most sincere' resulting in the Great Pumpkin rising from the patch ... though I never truly understood the reward.

Pretty much, that's how I view the lottery. I buy ticket after ticket hoping that my plays will be judged most sincere by some benevolent entity which will rise from the lottery and bestow upon me those tangibles for which we who play participate.

Could this be the essence of greed ?

Possibly. It's just that we who live our lives in quiet desperation from paycheck to paycheck will often times pursue something for which we may hope.

So it is with Linus who seeks those rewards beyond the earthly sphere and me, as well as I pursue that which is not really mine and attempt not to be covetous concurrently.

It has been my experience that the Almighty does not involve his or her self with such matters as the lottery. So all I can really do is hope the universe will conspire in my favor one sweet day.