You're A Winner!

Here's an interesting take on winning "the lottery"

Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest, whereby each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. 

Here are the rules:

1. Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.

2. You can only spend it and may not simply transfer money into some other account.

3. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day.

4. The bank can end the game at any time, without warning, and close the account permanently.

So, what would you do? Without a doubt, you'd buy anything and everything you wanted right and not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and for whom you care. You'd probably have so much money that you'd even spend it on people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself. Knowing it will be replenished the next morning, you would try to spend each and every penny.

So, you may be surprised to find out that this game is real, with each one of us already a winner of the PRIZE!

As you may have surmised by the image, the prize we get daily is time!

1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life.

2. And, just like the rules say,  when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is not credited to us.

3. What we haven't used up that day is forever lost.

4. Yesterday is forever gone.

5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the ‘bank’ can close your ‘account’ at any time without warning and you won’t get a new one.

SO, what will YOU do with your prize of 86,400 seconds?

Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.

Take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!

Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day of spending!!!
 

Grain Bin And Silo Homes : Similar, But Not Quite!

After doing several posts featuring silo homes and grain bin homes, here's one about a water tower conversion in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium, originally built near the beginning of WWII and suppying water to surrounding villages up until it was decommissioned in 1990.

Fortunately, the water tower, now referred to as "Chateau d'Eau" ( Water House), was designated as a monument at that time and subsequently preserved. Since then, interior architect Mauro Brigham worked some magic and helped convert the tower into a beautiful home. 

Here's some photos, borrowed from the internet, to show you what the home looks like inside and out.

Funky interior

Cool that they kept some of the old plumbing apparatus!

Lots of natural light, coming in from all sides.

Would you guess you were inside an 'old" water tower?

Stairs on the exterior wall.

Evening lights

Amazing what people with creative minds and time can accomplish!