#33: Why No Inheritance (PART 4)

【Fortune Hunter】
Winning the lottery is like extending an open invitation to our life, or so they say.
 
“Congratulations! Heard you hit the jackpot! By the way, I don’t mean to scavenge on your winnings, but I loaned a significant sum of money to your parents when they were struggling to stay afloat years ago. With your newfound wealth, it wouldn’t be too much to ask for you to share some of your luck and repay that money back, would it?”

“Hey, long time no see. Remember me? We used to go to the same high school. Haven’t seen you in decades. By the way, I know this great investment opportunity that guarantees to double your money.”
 
To be fair, those who seek us out aren’t going to be all questionable and dubious. Some are likely to be legit and even sincere. Nevertheless, more often than not, we’ll come across some shady characters along the way.
 
More or less, inheritance displays a similar personality to that of a lottery. Simply because a child so happens to be born to wealthy parents, a child is destined to inherit the wealth. That is, to win an undeserved and unearned wealth. Now and then, inheritance rewards those of us who may be less productive as long as our own parents are wealthy. In the context of pure luck, inheritance is nearly identical to winning a lottery.
 
And just as lottery winnings do, inheritance also attracts all sorts of people. Some are legit. Others may be quite unsavory. Some will be obvious to our eyes. Others not so easy.
 
For instance, when we’re passionately in love and sincerely considering marriage. At times, the more earnest we are, the more susceptible we may become to our own unpredictable questions. And those questions can even blindside us seemingly out of nowhere.
 
Does s/he love me as an individual? Does s/he accept me as who I am? Is that why s/he is with me? Or, is s/he with me for the wealth? Am I so blinded by love that I’m about to marry a fortune hunter?
 
Needless to say, a relationship held together by money is a perilous one, only waiting to implode. And at times, the more we seek the answer, the more uncertain we get.
 
In the absence of such wealth, if our loved one doesn’t leave us, then that relationship is genuine. Nonetheless, if we’ve already inherited or expect to inherit, and if our loved one knows about it, then it’s not so easy to find out.
 
Even if we’ve never discussed about inheritance, our loved one may have inferred from what s/he saw and heard about our parents and how they live. At the end of the day, it may not be feasible to find out for sure.
 
Our own child’s most beautiful relationship in life. What a joy that is – not only for the child but also for parents – to know that our child has found a partner for life. Even when we’re no longer here, to know that the love of life will be with him/her.
 
Finding the love of life is truly a blessing not to be taken for granted. So, why take the chance to burden our child with unnecessary risks and heartaches of inheritance?
 
Surely, self-made fortune can just as well attract fortune hunters as inheritance or lottery winnings. To the unscrupulous eyes of the gold diggers, yes, they all look virtually the same – money is money.
 
Yet, from our honest eyes, what lacks in inheritance and lottery is our own hard work to earn the wealth. What’s absent are the unwavering confidence and conviction in oneself cultivated through the triumphant experiences of diligence. As such, inheritance is intrinsically risky and dangerously irresponsible in its own peculiar way.
 
Contrary to the heirs’ feelings, inheritance often invites the Selfish Love of those seeking to take advantage of undeserved and unearned wealth.

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