Find a penny...

The 1978 hit movie, Greece, was on last night and I happened to start watching right when the T-Birds are about to race for pink slips. Marty spots a penny and says, "find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck." Well, if you've seen the movie, you know how the rest of the story goes: Marty drops the penny in front of Kenickie, Kenickie hits his head, Danny drives to victory, so maybe the saying is true.

Can pennies really bring good luck? I think that this tradition helps remind us that with positive thinking something as small as a penny can brighten any one's day. It might even bring some added luck.

I was just thinking that a fun social experiment might be to take some pennies and leave them places for others to pick up, that way they can have good luck too. Just take one or two pennies and drop them on the sidewalk in front of a cafe you are having breakfast at, or at the gas station while you are filling your tank. Wait a few minutes and see if anyone picks them up and document their reaction.