In July there was a news story coming out of Japan regarding a very strange occurrence. It seems that someone was giving money away. Randomly. To Strangers. Wait, it gets better. Anonymously. They were leaving the money in envelopes in mailboxes, without even wanting credit for it, or to see the delight in their “victims” faces. I don’t mean to sound like Seinfeld here, but what’s the deal with that?

The deal is that this can, and does happen. The deal is that most people are good, and most people are generous. We just rarely get to hear about good deeds because they are not juicy enough for the news to report about. This time it was.

Life Imitating Art?

Okay, this was weird. I wrote my book “When Money Talks, Listen!” in June of this year, and began selling it in July. Daniel Meager is the main character of the book, and he is taught 5 lessons from a wise, and mysterious old man named Myster (pronounced mister) Money. One of the chapters and lessons in the book is entitled “Mystery Money”. In this lesson, Daniel is taught how to keep his eyes (as well as his heart) open to receiving this thing called “mystery money”. Myster Money describes it in the book as “money that’s floating around out there just waiting for a home”.

A few short weeks later I see this story about the money in Japan of people finding money in their mailboxes, and they have given it the title, Mystery Money. (click to read story). I would love to say that the person or persons giving the money away in Japan read “When Money Talks, Listen!”, but I can’t say whether they did or not.

I thought with the holiday’s fast approaching, this would be a nice time to remind us all the power of giving, but also the willingness to receive. Be open to receiving the gifts that are out there waiting to find a home. And if you are fortunate enough to be one of lucky who will get presents this season, be a great receiver. There is no greater gift back to someone than accepting their gift with a smile, a hug, or if they’re really lucky, a tear.

Happy Holidays!

Rich

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