Heads or Tails?

Yesterday, a wise man relayed a lesson taught him by his grandmother: If you find a coin on the ground heads up, it is for you to keep. If tails, you must share it.

So I happened to be walking with this wise man when he came upon a dime - not even a penny - with tails facing the sky. In keeping with good teaching, he handed the dime to me. I offered to let him tweak the rule since it was a ten-cent piece after all - no measly copper penny - but he insisted. I laughed, placed the dime in my pant pocket, and predicted a likely outcome.

"You know, wise man, I appreciate your kindness and your grandmother's teaching, but I'll tell you what will become of that dime. I will find it in the bottom of my washer machine in the very near future."

Well I just got home from an evening out on the town; I'm settling in for the night, tackling some home projects and chores. I'm sitting here, overwhelmed by the events of the past few hours, but can't help but smile at the fun, shiny, silver surprise after my first load of laundry.