As I’m wont to do in the wee hours of the day (as I’m riding the train, and then walking, to work) I reflect on my life and the activity swirling around it (recent past, present, near future) and tend to “feel” the events through the emotional eyes of whatever feelings are stirred within me by what I’m reading. This morning, I finished Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier and was reflecting on the passion and power of love and how sacrifices and abundances in love as so interlinked…
So, that’s the frame of mind I was in when I noticed something shiny on the ground. (I’ve been often joked at for having “eyes like a raven, always being pulled to shiny things” but I never minded since it often lead to wealth 😉 ). Now, I’m used to coming across nickels, dimes, and quarters on the ground as I walk around the city but never pick them up – always believing that they are there for those who are in more need of them than I. But this circle looked more like a button and the image stamped on it was calling to me. I finally turned back (after two steps) and went to pick it up, surprised at the weight of it. Turns out, it was a 1997 one pound coin! The irony of the fact that I work for a company who’s global headquarters is in the UK was not lost to me as I laughed and tossed the coin in my hand, eventually placing it in my pocket.
The coin is so thick (compared to our Canadian coins) that you could literally core it out and make a ring out of it! 🙂 But, what I did not know was that there is an engraving on the side of the coin. It reads ” Decus et Tutamen” which (one quick google look later) translates into “Honor and Protection”
Wow, huh? 🙂
And that’s how my Monday started (I don’t count the tossing and turning I did from 1130pm through 445am). How about yours?