Find a Penny …

Remember the old saying about a penny?

Find a penny, pick it up

And all day you’ll have good luck.

I wonder how many people still pick up pennies they see lying there on the ground. I know I don’t.

I did see a nickel on the ground yesterday in the supermarket parking lot. After standing there for a couple of seconds, contemplating my next move, I gave in to my nostalgic recollection of the adage, bent over and picked up the nickel.

But I didn’t keep it. I put it in the Red Cross can with the rest of my change at the grocery store’s check-out counter, my thought being that maybe I can pass on my day’s share of good luck to someone who really needs it.

I would have put it in the nickelodeon, but I couldn't find one where I was.