On A Dime

It all started out like any other day. The sun was shining, with a brisk, cool wind touching the sky. I had decided to go for a walk outside since it was so nice out. Walked slowly along a lonely dirt road past a field of big, bright yellow sunflowers. I stopped to stare and gaze at the beauty that nature had presented to me. It was then I noticed a row of trees that for some unknown, and mysterious reason seemed intriguing to the point where I decided to explore and investigate what was around and in them. So I made my way off the dirt road, beyond the sunflower field, and over to the mysterious row of trees.

I got over to the row of trees, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary at first. There was an array of branches, leaves, rocks, and some sunflower seeds scattered. Slowly made my way on down and through the row of trees. I really was in dire need of this day of exploration as things in my life had gotten so hectic lately. This was a much welcome and needed break from everything. As I was making my way through, I found all sorts of thing scattered about. Old aluminum cans, tree stands, missing buttons, old mason jars. Almost like a treasure trove. Then as I continued on my walk, I tripped and fell over a big tree branch that was in the middle of the path. My head hit the ground, and I thought this was the last thing that I needed happening to me.

After laying on the ground for what seemed like an eternity, I decided to slowly get up to avoid further risk of injury. As I was slowly starting to get up, something caught my attention. Turns out that I had hit my head on what appeared to be a small black book. What was this book, what was it doing here, and how did it get here was the bigger question in my mind. I dug into the book, and flipped page after page. It appeared to be a journal of someones hopes and dreams from the distant past. I continued walking down the row of trees while reading. Then yet again, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye hidden under a bush at the end of the row of trees. I went over to investigate what was under the bush.

There were piles and stacks of money, scattered all over underneath that bush. I gathered it all up, and counted it and recounted it a hundred times just to make sure my count was accurate. Turns out that I had stumbled across $20,000. $20,000!!! I was absolutely and completely floored, and almost at a loss of what to do. I had many ideas and thoughts racing through my head at this time. I finally decided to head back into town, and do the responsible thing to see if anyone lost this amount of cash. After a month, I had gotten a call from the local authorities saying that no one claimed the $20,000 and it was now rightfully mine. Excitement had then begun to set in. What was I going to do with the $20,000 that I so randomly at chance had stumbled upon?

So I went to the local coffee shop, and thought about it over a mocha latte and a blueberry scone. That's when it hit me. I should start that business that I had always dreamed of starting. Turns out that with the money that I had found, and with what money that I had saved up, I had enough to jump my dream business. I went and scouted out a few locations, and found a perfect place for a perfect price to start my business! Finally it seems like my dreams were starting to come true! If I had learned anything from that walk in the trees, I learned that things can turn on a dime in an instant and without any warning. Thankfully, things turned on a dime for the better for me.