Saturday, October 29, 2011

The man and all his money

The man and all his money

Walter was a billionaire who worked himself up from the absolute bottom in order to earn his fortune. He grew up poor in the deep south, and came from an abusive background. Walter first earned his fortune as a professional basketball player, but he was also trained as a business man. He really let fame and money get to his head when he was a young man. He had been drafted as the first pick in the NBA draft, and he led his team to five championships. Now he was the owner of his team, and his team was still a successful championship contender. Walter had extravagant riches such as five mansions, ten cars, recording studios, game rooms. You name it, Walter had it. He even owned several beach resorts all over the country. Walter had been married three times, and he had a supermodel wife who was twenty years younger than him. Walter was forty five at this point, and had retired from basketball ten years earlier. He had it all, but he was materialistic and therefore, unhappy. Something was missing in his life. He wondered what it could be, because he only thought about himself.
Walter was racing one of his fancy cars one day, and he lost control of the vehicle. His crash destroyed the car, but Walter managed to escape from the crash. Luckily he was driving in a secluded area and there was no one he could have hit with his car. He thought about how glad he was that no one was hurt. Where did this thought come from, he wondered. Then he had tears in his eyes and began to cry because he had an ephiphany. A light bulb went off in his head which was like a stroke of lightning. He had all these riches and material things, and he had been keeping it all to himself. He made a decision then and there on the side of the road, car smashed to pieces, that he was going to give back to the world. 

    It was December and it was time for the holidays. So many people were going bonkers shopping. Walter started giving money to charities all over the world. Millions of poor children got fed for Christmas and Chanukah because of Walter's newly found selflessness. He gave some of his cars to his friends. Some of those friends were people he ignored since his high school days. Most of these people were still very poor. Walter was extremely lucky to have good fortune throughout his life. Now, he had a deeper soul because he nearly got killed because of his reckless behavior. He sold his mansions and moved into a more modest sized house. He left his young wife on good terms, and married a woman whom he loved who was closer to his own age. He realized this was true love, and they had two children whom he put through college. He did everything he could for them. Walter did keep his job as owner of his former team, but he was now a mentor for young players, and he helped the players families. When Walter died he was at peace with himself and the world. He was given a second chance, and he took full advantage of it.

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