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Here is an e-mail I received from Marie. I was so deeply touched by this, Thank You Marie!

Hi Todd,

I LOVE your idea of giving away a dollar a day and heard about it on the LOA radio show which I just listened to last week. I LOVE finding money myself and have a jar filled just with found coins. Last week I decided to do this also with the addition of a short poem paper-clipped to the dollar bill or dollar bill rolled and tied with a ribbon which reads:

I’ve left this here for you to find,
It’s just a random act of being kind.
Give unconditionally to others and you’ll discover,
Your own happiness and joy you’ll recover!
Have a great day!

I wrote this poem because I really want the recipients to know that it was a special gift, not just someone who made a mistake and dropped a dollar… This past week I have left my dollars on the sink counter of ladies rest rooms, on a hook in a bathroom stall (this one was rolled up & tied), under new merchandise at the Golfsmith store, on a walkway through a garden tour, and I sent one to my sister in Florida for her to drop somewhere. Wouldn’t it be great for others to copy this idea and for it to become so widespread that someday I will find the very same gift with a note attached that I am leaving for others! I am doing this in the spirit of having fun with no other expectations. Thanks for inspiring me and others to have some fun while giving to others.

P.S. For the past year when I travel (infrequently) on a toll road I always go through an attended lane and pay for the car behind me. It is so much fun to do something unexpected for a stranger! When my nephew is in the car with me he watches for the person’s reaction and smiles and waves to them. It makes me feel very abundant to be able to pay for someone else. Occasionally the driver in the car will speed up and wave thanks to me and that is nice, too. It feels wonderful to know that I have surprised someone and given them a sign that they are cared for. And then I think that perhaps this one act of kindness could inspire them to do the same for others–like in the “Pay it Forward” movie several years ago.

After I read this, I wrote back to Marie, and confided in her that I thought all along I was the one doing the inspiring… What is really happening though is that folks just like Marie are inspiring me!

Many, many thanks again Marie! You are a blessing,

Todd