Thursday, May 03, 2007

One Dollar Miracles

My father introduced me to finances and while he wasn't a expert, he had a unique view. One of the things my father taught me was the One Dollar Miracle. To him, it was a literal miracle to get someone to reach into their pocket, pull out a wallet, and give someone else a dollar. This type of transaction isn't as common as we assume. Think of all the people you meet each day, and then count how many you actually give money too. I'll assume that you're not giving money to just everyone.

While my father wasn't successful at making these miracles happen, I'm reminded of it with each dollar I touch. It brings an almost spiritual touch to capitalism, may it help us all in our transactions.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I went around to people at work and asked them for a dollar. I then cautioned them before they handed it to me that I had no intention of paying them back, and that they were simply GIVING me a dollar, which I would keep. I got 2 people out of 5 to just give me a dollar.

-dis