Penny on the pavement

Every time I see a penny on the pavement I now see an opportunity, and reach down and pick it up.  To me it symbolizes a chance to do something, an opportunity presented.  Last time it came in handy to buy pasta.  As simple as that is, it’s an opportunity.  More than that though I see it as a symbol for our lives – how often do we see opportunities and not take them – not pick them up.

Today I was walking with Indian, a Yoga bolster, a bag of groceries, and my night bag as I had stayed at KC’s.  Fully laden I stopped in my tracks as this shinny penny glowed up at me, on the overcast day.  I looked at my bags, and hands, veins popping out from gravities strain.  I paused and then stepped over the penny.  As I continued it got me thinking, had I just walked over an opportunity because of being fully laden? How many times do we have that in our life?  See opportunities, and with our bags of busyness, packed with work, house jobs, this and that – we choose to walk over the opportunity that could profoundly change our lives.