your luck has changed for the better.
Is this really important? Yes! Very important!
Psychologists will tell you that it is not what happens, but
how you feel about what happens, which actually matters.
Mental capacities are not nearly so beneficial as mental
attitudes. You become what you think you are.
And, it just so happens, that one of the most
beneficial mental attitudes you can have is that you are
lucky.
Success counselors will advise you to get and
keep «that lucky feeling:' Why? Because it makes you
expect to get the good things in life. And what you
expect to get-you get!
I want to encourage that lucky attitude in
people. So I plant quarters for them to find. I stoop on
the sidewalk to tie my shoe lace and place a quarter next
to my shoe before I walk off. In a parking lot, I examine
my rear tire and inconspicuously place a quarter beside it
before driving away. In a store, I stop to examine mer-
chandise and secretly leave a quarter beside it.
Of course, I never look back. I never stand
around and watch to see who finds my quarters. That
would spoil my imaginings of the delight of a lucky child,
the surprise and unexpected pleasure of a grown-up who
for a fleeting moment can become a child again, finding
"treasure". If I don't look back, I can imagine what I will.
Like all coins, there are two sides to my planted
quarters: the «good luck« feeling they give the finders and
the fun I get playing this simple little game with Life.
Why don't you try planting quarters, too?