Name Tags and Lotto Tickets

On pacifism and beginner’s luck

A few years back I was walking down the sidewalk one day when I came upon a dollar bill nestled in the grass just a few inches off the sidewalk.

How did that make me feel? It made me feel joyous, abundant and lucky. Picking up the bill, I held it between the palms of my hand and looked up into the sky (as though the bill had fallen from the sky) and I silently said, “Thank you for the abundance.”

Whenever I come across money on the ground I always pick it up, put it in my pocket and then thank the universe for the abundance. Hey, if the universe is going to offer me free money it would be rude not to accept it and say thank you, right?

Back when I was younger I was always finding money. Seriously, it seemed like I found money on the ground almost every day. Back then I carried the vibration known as beginner’s luck. I was always winning things and stumbling onto fortuitous situations. And finding money.

Now that I am an old fart that beginner’s luck vibration seems to have left me. I’m just not very lucky anymore. Despite walking far more now than I did when I was younger I rarely find money on the ground and when I do it is usually just pennies or nickels (I still thank the universe) and it is very rare that I ever find bills.