The Powerball is up to around $2 billion.

I’m not a lottery player, but when it gets this high it is hard not to think about what you would do with all the money.

Jim Rohn talks about the idea of becoming a millionaire before you get the million dollars. Or else you won’t handle the money very well.

Stories have been written about the lottery winners whose lives have been ruined.

It’s easy to be tempted to think of the extravagances and exotic purchases you could make with all that money, but that fun wouldn’t last.

The important stuff is available without the $2 billion.

Health.

Relationships.

Knowledge.

Wisdom.

Honesty.

Joy.

Peace.

Grace.

Love.

$2 billion might even make some of those harder.

Thanksgiving comes before Christmas for a good reason – thankfulness is a great place to start when tempted to fall into wanting and focusing on “more” and “stuff”.

I know I’m going against the grain here but my sincere wish for all of you is that you get all the stuff from the list above and maybe the lottery goes to someone else.

Make it a great day.

Jake