Nov. 7th:

Did you know that if you had $10,000 you could trade it in for a million pennies? I know, right? Why would you want to? I mean, a penny is only worth 1/100th of a dollar. We tend not to notice them anymore, even when a handful are scattered on the ground. Why bother breaking your back to retrieve one? Well, let me tell you why. Regardless of a penny’s monetary worth, I am actually grateful for them. Yes, I usually do take the time to stoop down and pick them up. I started doing this more regularly after hearing a comment that, in my eyes, shone a bright light on their greater worth. "A penny’s value is in what it represents more than in the candy it can buy." I doubt a single penny can be exchanged for any amount of candy these days, yet it has become valued by me. I read the words printed on the face—In God We Trust. This maxim is a reminder of the principles and beliefs our great country was founded upon. It is a reminder of my own faith in a living, loving God. Finding a penny has become a good-luck charm of sorts, like finding a four-leaf clover, because it makes me stop and think about the things of real worth in life, things like faith, integrity, relationships, gratitude, happiness, friends, and family. These, like the penny, may not have high monetary value yet they are priceless in intrinsic worth. And though I cannot take a penny or a dime or a dollar with me when I pass from this life to the next, I do believe I will take these other things if I am found in possession of them here and now. Pennies remind me of this, and for that I am grateful.

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