A story of a North Carolina man who kept moving forward in life

The Gold Rush lottery ticket from the North Carolina lottery
@Deepizzaguy (122379)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
December 27, 2020 5:47pm CST
I like this story of Joe Camp who lives in Charlotte North Carolina who took the advice of his relatives to keep moving forward and self belief after he was laid off from his preschool teachers job in September due likely due to the pandemic. To make matters worse, Joe's father died a month later. However Joe's relatives told him to believe that something good would come out his troubles. Joe recently landed a job at a local auto dealership which is helping him to pay his bills for the time being. Recently Joe purchased a Gold Rush ticket from a British Petroleum (BP) gasoline station in Charlotte. Joe jumped for joy when his winning lottery ticket was worth $250,000 dollars before taxes which ended up getting Joe over $176,000 dollars. Joe is going to spend his lottery winnings to buy a new home and save for his daughters education. In my view Joe did take the advice of his friends and relatives to believe that good things would happen despite the dark time he went through three months ago.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Dec 20
Life can throw curveballs. Glad Joe got some wonderful news!
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
I agree with you on this matter.
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Dec 20
Did he die because of overjoy?
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Jan 21
@Nakitakona You are correct.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
9 Jan 21
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@msdivkar (23356)
• India
28 Dec 20
Yes God is great. He helps those who help themselves. An encouraging story to those who are lying low after loosing their job or business due to pandemic.
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@msdivkar (23356)
• India
28 Dec 20
@Deepizzaguy Nice and appropriate quote.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
As actor Sylvester Stallone said about life "You keep moving forward. See how much you can take. That is how winning is done."
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
@msdivkar Thank you for the kind comments. It was from the movie "Rocky Balboa" which came out in 2006.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
27 Dec 20
What a great story George. At least he's spending the money wisely.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
I agree with you since Joe has his priorities right.
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
28 Dec 20
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@LindaOHio (222986)
• United States
28 Dec 20
This is great news. You never know when your luck will change.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
You are right since never giving up is the rule of life.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
28 Dec 20
that is a wonderful story thank you!
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
Thank you for the kind comments.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
29 Dec 20
@Deepizzaguy of course!
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
29 Dec 20
Isnt he blessed Amen
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Dec 20
I agree with you.
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@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Dec 20
That is very lucky for Joe and I hope he can keep holding on to the money maybe by investing too
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
You are right since winning the grand prize in the lottery is a long shot.
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@Dena91 (17038)
• United States
28 Dec 20
That is good he hit the lottery. Just when he needed it most.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
I agree with you.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
28 Dec 20
@Deepizzaguy Thank you for this post. I am so glad you won the lottery and after taxes still had a nice amount to have left to buy a house and also for his daugher's education.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
It was Joe Camp that won the lottery.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
29 Dec 20
@Deepizzaguy That is nice. I just now reread what I wrote and sorry I thought you did and thank you for pointing out that it was Joe Camp and not you. Sorry about that mistake I made.
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@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
29 Dec 20
he is full of positivity
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Dec 20
I agree with you since hard times in life make us stronger persons in the long run.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Dec 20
@sophie09 (34230)
• Indonesia
30 Dec 20
@Deepizzaguy yes being positive is important too
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@youfiq (2564)
• United States
28 Dec 20
It's important not to give up in life, as long as we are still breathing, lots of good things will happen, I always believed that
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec 20
You are right since the late football coach Vince Lombardi said in one his quotes "Quitters never win and winners do not quit."