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A young boy was walking along a road one day when he spotted a copper
penny shining in the dust. He picked it up and clutched it with
excitement. A penny was his, and it had cost him nothing!

From that day on, wherever he walked, he kept his head down, his eyes
closely surveying the ground for more pennies - and perhaps ever greater
treasure. during his lifetime, he found more money to be sure. In fact,
he collected 302 pennies, 24 nickels, 41 dimes, eight quarters, three
half-dollar pieces and one worn-out paper dollar...a total of $12.82. He
kept his treasure safe, protecting it as a "free legacy" of wealth. He
delighted in the fact that the money had cost him nothing.

Or had it? In the course of scouting out his treasure, he had missed
seeing the full beauty of 35,127 sunsets, the spendor of 327 rainbows,
the beauty of white clouds floating overhead in crystal blue skies,
birds soaring, squirrels hopping from branch to branch in the trees
above the paths on which he walked, the brilliance of the colorful
autumn leaves fluttering against a backdrop of autumn sunshine.

What he had accquired - all $12.82 - certainly wasn't equal to what he
had missed.

Enjoy life ... Money isn't everything !

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