The Happy Cent
A smile on the face of a penny
Carried where it is easy to find
Is my inspiration to remember
To keep all my blessings in mind.
The trials we encounter are many
It is often quite easy to frown
But a touch or a glimpse of my penny
Helps me focus on the good that abounds.
There’s no magic found in my penny
Nor does it prevent or protect
But the joy brought to mind when I see it
Has a greater, long lasting effect
It reminds me of others less fortunate
Making my situation less bleak
I recall the man who complained of no shoes
Until he met a man with no feet.
I’m reminded that life is not perfect
And one of the numerous reasons to cry
But a frown we endeavor to change to a grin
Helps uncomfortable moments go by.
My penny reminds me of the thoughtfulness
Of friends who have given, and when
It repeatedly tells me that love is around
And will triumph in the end.
We find our good fortune in many ways
I can feel rich though my money is spent
For I can always give something of value away
The smile from my HAPPY CENT.
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I found this at a yard sale and thought it would be fun to share :) (I also got it for free – didn’t even cost me a cent!)
You’re supposed to keep it in your pocket “as a constant personal reminder of the many small reasons we have to rejoice in every day.”
Amen to that.
Fun Random Fact: My dad keeps an old silver dollar in his pocket for good luck… only it’s fake! He asked me to conjure one up for him a couple years back which I did, but then a month later he lost it at the gym 🤦 I got him another one, only now he’s too afraid to carry it around so he did what any frugal person does and took to Temu to order a bag of a dozen fakes! Lol… I told him I don’t think it works the same way, but hey – what do I know about the Luck Fairy?
Anyways, happy to forward this to anyone if they want it :) First one to email me gets it.
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Just a Happy Good Morning JMoney! From your oldest reader! I plan on celebrating my 97th birthday a bit later this month.
Gooooood morning my favorite older reader of the site! :)
I bet you still feel like 27 though in your brain, yeah? how’s all the genealogy stuff coming along?
I want a note when you hit 100 please!! :)
I thought this post was going to be about your kids. Wasn’t one Dime and the other Nickle, or am I remembering wrong?
Hah! you are not wrong!
We had Baby Penny first…
Then Baby Nickel..
And then finally Baby Dime :)
I totally forgot about those days – good times!
Thank you so much for sharing this poem! I am editor of our local coin club monthly newsletter. Could I have your permission to reprint this poem and the coin photo in our newsletter, with permission to reprint credit given to you? I am always looking for new content to keep it interesting and fun. I enjoy your blogs and hope you are having a great summer!
Thank You!
Hey!!! Very cool!! As a guy who also goes to his local coin club (and also receives a monthly newsletter from it!) this joys me to no end :)
You can 100% use it, though I am not sure who exactly actually came up with it first? I tried to do a search but my own post and socials keep popping up, lol… Seems to be made in the 80s or 90s and looks like lots of companies made similar ones, so maybe just put that the original source is unknown or something…
Thank you for asking though! Super curious which club and city it’s in, if you don’t mind sharing? (Feel free to email me if you don’t want to say publicly!)
Glad you liked it!