What are the Chances?

What are the chances?  The chances that someone would find a fifty-dollar bill on the ground, pick it up to examine it, and then contemplate what to do?  One of three friends involved in a conversation looked down on the pavement to find what appeared to be folding money.  Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was a not-often-seen fifty dollar bill.  After concluding that it was indeed real, the three friends debated over what to do with the newly found currency.

It would seem to some that the person that found the bill was indeed lucky that day and should take it to spend or save as he would choose.  But alas, he didn’t think that was the way things should go.  Another friend, after being handed the bill, listed a couple of options, including giving it to someone they all three knew that could probably use it.  They second-guessed that choice, not entirely sure how the money would be spent.

It was finally decided that the third friend would keep the money and offer it up to the nearby resource center .  It reasoned that whoever had dropped it had more than likely visited the center and they would be able to find the most appropriate way to distribute the fortunate find.

After contemplating the situation, I  have reasoned that good friends can be as hard to find as a fifty dollar bill. We find people along our life’s journey that are there for a season and then gone.  But there are also those people with whom we share a common bond that seem to always be there through thick and thin, good times and bad.  Consider it good fortune to find those friends that are bound by integrity and look for the common good instead of selfish ends.

I have been fortunate in my lifetime to have found friends just such as those…. And I consider it a blessing.