Flipping Pennies

A few years ago, I was working for Jackson Hewitt with my roommate. We worked in Vernal, Utah, in a little kiosk in the front of Walmart. The days there were long and busy with little time to think about a lunch break or even going to the bathroom- but we loved it. We knew how to have fun while we worked, and we met some of the most interesting people.

There is one woman that I will never forget. I don't know her name, but one day this stranger changed my life by doing one simple thing. 

She flipped over a penny. 

That's it. She bent to the ground, and flipped a penny over. Tails-side-up to heads-side-up. Unlucky, to lucky. When I asked her about it, she said that just because the penny wasn't lucky for her, doesn't mean that it shouldn't be lucky for someone else. 

Guys, HOW AWESOME?! Since that day, if ever I see a penny that is tails-side-up, I bend to flip it over. If it is heads-side-up, then I am a lucky girl that day! I know that this sounds silly and maybe overly simple. Why would you flip a penny for someone else- a stranger that might not even believe in 'penny luck'? But even though I find 'penny luck' to be magical and whimsical, and I know that not everyone does, I believe that it's the thought that counts. 

Little acts of service make the world go 'round. Flipping a penny is a minuscule way to spend a few moments of your day thinking of someone else, but what if everyone thought to flip pennies (or hold doors or smile or buy a drink or literally ANYTHING to think of someone else first) at least once in a day? Wouldn't that make our lives a little happier and the world a little brighter?

The main purpose of this space is to inspire service and selflessness. I want it to be open communication of lifting and supporting each other. When we share something we did to think of others first, or every time we 'flipped a penny', it is not to boast, but to inspire. 

Thank you for being here! I hope that you have chances to flip some pennies soon! Love y'all!