In God We Trust

I was walking with a group of people the other day, and I spotted a penny on the ground ahead of us. To the dismay of the others I bent down and I picked up the penny and exclaimed with glee, “I found a penny!”. The look on their faces was priceless. Some appeared shocked, some smiled, a few remarked that they’d only pick up a penny if it was heads up and others said they’d never stoop down for a penny – maybe for a dollar bill.

In the middle of the sidewalk irrelevant to who was walking by, I halted our group and stepped in front of them to do my “penny sermon”. I shared my fascination of the penny and the ‘American currency’. I may not be an experienced world traveler but my travels to Europe and the Caribbean has allowed me to handle currency from other countries and there is something special about American currency.

Irrelevant of which religion ‘we’ follow — American currency has something unique: IN GOD WE TRUST

Every time I see a penny on the ground it is a moment of inner reflection for me, a moment where I pray for the last person that held that penny, I pray that they find strength and courage and value in the small things in life. I pray for our nation and I am grateful for the abundance in my life.

I often wonder how many people want financial freedom and fail to see the value of the richness in their lives.

If you cannot master your current financial level, if you are not grateful for what you do have, how could you ever master any more when it comes to you?

A penny by itself may not be much… yet a 100,000,000 pennies equal 1 million dollars. One person can make a significant difference but it is a nation that moves a country.

The monotony of life sometimes can numb us to the real value that lies below the surface of our everyday activity. There is value in the uncelebrated moments of our everyday lives.

You do make a difference. You add value to everything you do by who you are, by your commitment, and your spirit.

Daisy Says: Value lives in what we do, in who we are and how we do the things we do in every single moment of the day.