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If Money Weren’t an Issue . . .
A writing prompt ⭐ Ryan Justin → Craig Weldon → Rusty Alderson → Frank Parker → You
An interesting question from my point of view, since I am in the fortunate position of having sufficient pension income to meet all my present needs with a little over to save. Of course, we can’t afford expensive overseas holidays or frequent forays to dine out. Those things are not especially important to us, they never were. Which, I suppose, is why we were able to save and contribute to the pension schemes that now provide our income.
I can imagine living in a larger house with much more garden and the means to be able to pay someone else to look after it. I would welcome the opportunity to patronise artists and craftspeople by purchasing some of their best work. I’m not sure I would be any happier. There are, after all, so many things that money cannot buy.
Losing the love of my life would be far more devastating than losing any of my material possessions. Likewise, I would hate to be in the position of having lost my son or granddaughter or knowing that either was suffering from some chronic medical condition.
I would be no less devastated were any such event to come to pass if I was living in that imagined mansion. Maybe I would be better placed to help them cope with their condition, purchasing the best available treatment…