30 cents and a smile - photo by Michele M. Larsen

So, just as I was noticing that seeing abundance every day is more challenging to me than seeing joy every day, I hit paydirt.  Literally.

My friend Kristin and I were walking from my office to get bagels as a Friday morning treat. A couple blocks from our destination I saw what looked like a sea of pennies on the ground. Ecstatic at this bounty I jumped and screeched and oozed excitement. There were 22 pennies. Amazing.

On the walk back from the bagel shop I saw another bunch of pennies – 8 of them – just laying on the sidewalk. More oozing and screeching.

For blocks we talked about how fantastic this was. Normally you might find one penny on the ground. But here I found two sets of MULTIPLE pennies in one outing. Almost unbelievable! I mean, what are the chances???

This called for photo documentation. What you see here is all 30 pennies I found in the shape of a smiley face; which can only allude to the joy and excitement I felt in finding such a bounty.

But wait!  There’s more! Upon getting back to the office there was a bagel in my chair! My friend and co-worker, Denise, had been to the bagel shop just before us and picked one up for me.

“Abundance abounds!” I exclaimed, arms raised in the air as if to catch more of it.

Seeing as this was such a lucky, abundant day I, of course, bought a few lottery tickets.

This morning I checked the paper and I’m not a lottery winner — today. And that’s not really the point. The point is for a good hour Friday morning I FELT very abundant. And that, my dear friends, is a very, very good feeling.