When life throws you a
curve ball, such as illness or
money troubles, it's easy to feel disconnected from your faith.
Bernie Siegel, M.D.,
author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul says he looks for a sign: "For me the most significant sign is a
penny. Its value is in the message, not the
materialism." The face of a penny contains three messages:
- The word Liberty, reminding us we are all free to be ourselves.
- The image of Abraham Lincoln, facing forward, which reminds us to accept our mortality and live in the moment.
- And above all is the phrase "In God We Trust."
Each time Siegel finds a penny, he picks it up and spends a moment thinking about those ideas. When he collects 100
pennies, he buys a
lottery ticket, with the promise that if he wins he'll use the money to do good in the world. "I think of the found coins as pennies from heaven - crumbs left for someone to follow home," he says. "It's an uplifting experience."
I found this tid bit in the October '09 issue of Ladies Home Journal. I often find pennies (who doesn't) and often think about the heaven connection. If true, why pennies? Now I have an explanation and it makes perfect sense.
When life throws you a curve ball, such as illness or money troubles, it's easy to feel disconnected from your faith. Bernie Siegel, M.D., author of 365 Prescriptions for the Soul says he looks for a sign: "For me the most significant sign is a penny. Its value is in the message, not the materialism." The face of a penny contains three messages: 
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