Everyday Gratitude

A few weeks ago, I found a wallet on the ground right next to my car.

I was at the mall, and it was late.  

The mall was closing soon and no one else was around.

So I picked it up and looked inside of it.

There was a lot of money in it.

Between the cash and gift cards, it had well over a thousand dollars.

And I didn’t see any ID inside of it!

To be honest, at first- I was happy! 

Thinking- the Universe sent me an early Christmas present- and I was ready to treat myself!

But then I started thinking about the fact that for some people, this is a real lot of money.

Like- it might mean the difference of having a roof over their head or not.

Which led me to start thinking about how strange it would be- that a person carrying that amount of money on them would not have any identification with them.

So I checked the wallet again- this time more thoroughly.

I found a hidden pocket that I had missed the first time I had looked.

It had a family picture and an ID in it.

The wallet belonged to an 18 year old boy who lived in Central Falls.

My first thought was: Why is an 18 year old boy carrying around this much money on him???

But in truth, it was really none of my business.  The money wasn’t mine.  

It was simply my job as a decent human being to return it back to him.

So I considered how I could safely and responsibly return the wallet to the boy.

And I of course consulted Kelly Britto on my plans (as part of the BGC she weighs in heavily in all of my major decisions! lol)

I decided to send the boy a letter.

I told him that I had found the wallet and if he was able to identify it wallet along with the items he had in it I’d be glad to return it to him, and included my phone number.

So, I sent out the letter, and a few days later he called me.  

He was very anxious to speak to me.  He called me a few times in a row.

When we spoke, he verified all of the things that I asked him to, and a few days later we met up so I could return it to him with everything in it.

When I handed him the wallet, he was so very grateful.

I could actually feel his gratitude radiating off of him towards me.

He told me:  You have no idea how much you saved me.  I can’t thank you enough.  

Then he reached into his wallet and handed me one of the hundred-dollar bills that was inside of it.

It felt so good to bond with him energetically for that moment.

It was a great reminder to me that gratitude is actually a form of love.

It is my hope, that one day we will live in world like that.

Where love and gratitude radiate among us everyday and not just once a year.

I wish love and gratitude to everyone today and everyday.

#thefutureofthanksgiving