Winning the lottery affords people to explore their true inhibitions, be it good or bad. Others are simply weak-willed. Sharon Tirabassi is one prime example. The Canadian won the $10.5 Million jackpot only to blow through the entire amount in a matter of a few years. Today, she is back at work and is inundated with calls from the bank with whom she is still in debt. Sharon lost her home, her $200,000 Cadillac and is struggling to support her children.
Human beings are natural pleasure seekers. Nearly everything we do is because of some kind of reward. It's necessary to spur humankind forward. That is why, when most lottery winners come into their newly found riches, they typically splurge on all the things of which they have been previously deprived. Ron Elliot is a man of true rarity. For the 67-year-old who works in a nursing home, his work is his pleasure. When he won the massive £7.9 Million ($12,794,400), he returned to work the following day.
Ron works 60 hours every week caring for the elderly residents of the nursing home. As a father and grandfather, he has always taken care of people in one way or another. The 67-year-old admits that he has not thoughts on retiring or of spending his money on anything other than to pay off his son's mortgage.
"My Clients Have Dementia...And They Still Need Care"
This is what Ron had to say when interviewed by Your Local Guardian: “I find it a satisfying job — if I didn’t enjoy it I wouldn’t do it. Now I’m in a position where I could leave, but I want to carry on,” he said. "My clients have dementia and suffer from memory loss. They don’t care that I’ve won the lottery, and they still need care."
Ron, a widower of 41 years, has not missed playing the lottery every week since 1994. However, he is not convinced that winning the jackpot is likely to change his life.
“I don’t have to worry anymore about what to do as I have money in the bank," he said. “I can treat colleagues at work and would also like to see if we can give the residents some sort of do leading up to Christmas. The pressure’s off.”
Perhaps it takes age to gain wisdom. Whatever the case, Ron Elliot's integrity is certainly a prime example from which we all could all take heed.