At the moment I’m writing this, I’m not sure how lucky I would normally consider myself. It’s 1:30 am on the night before a project that I want to finally be realized and that admittedly and shamefully I have put off for far too long and I’m currently experiencing my chronic and debilitating endometriosis. It’s been on course for about 24 hours now of abdominal and low back discomfort. Discomfort is a mild term to describe a few hours of dreams sprinkled through a day of non-stop waves of cramps which show no sign of ebbing.
Lately, I’ve been having flashbacks to times when I felt especially happy. Usually, they are moments of supreme bliss while driving in my car alone. When I reflect back on them, I usually feel a twinge of sadness and the response “Boy, wasn’t I lucky back then.” or “What I would give to be back there now.”
Earlier this summer a friend and mentor of mine found an exceedingly rare mint error on a quarter he got out of pocket change. He called it his “Lucky Rodney” after Ceasar Rodney that marks the Delaware state quarter. After sending it in to be graded, he learned it was too rare to even price.
To give just a brief introduction to who Caesar Rodney was and why he decorates one of our U.S. Mints I copied some info from The US 50′s website on the matter.
Caesar Rodney was a delegate to the Continental Congress. On July 1, 1776, despite suffering from asthma and cancer, Rodney set off on the 80-mile journey to Philadelphia withstanding thundershowers and a severe summer heat wave. The next day, he arrived at Independence Hall just in time to cast the deciding vote in favor of our nation’s independence
Wow. Talk about luck, huh? If it wasn’t for Ceasar Rodney could we as a nation be where we are today? Like it or not, we are where we are today because of Ceasar Rodney and his ride to cast the deciding vote for our independence.
My mentor believes in magic or what some would call The Law of Attraction. In an effort to make his good fortune available to others he began an arduous journey of finding other mint states (or near mint state) Delaware quarters that he would “resonate” to his lucky quarter. If you know about the Law of Attraction you’ll understand the rule that like follows like or a model of the thing is the thing itself.
I acquired one ages ago and wore it for a week but wound up taking it off because I perceived no immediate positive results. I felt that “luck” would mean an immediate improvement in my circumstances with little to no additional effort on my own part. I was disappointed but I was more willing to adopt the notion that it was the coin’s fault instead. It’s silly to look back on myself at that point but it is the truth. I’m rather superstitious though and despite my non-interest in the deeper meaning of “lucky” I’ve kept the quarter near me every day for the past 6 months.
If we take a look at how luck pertains to “Lucky Rodney”, we see that it wasn’t a lottery win. A windfall of good fortune bestowed upon one that fortune smiled lovingly on, no, instead the luck was the karma that Rodney manifested for himself DESPITE serious obstacles like cancer and asthma that would have kept anyone else in bed. At a certain point, it isn’t enough to have good intentions and it becomes imperative to have good actions to match those intentions.
By changing the way we view luck from a passive instrument to an active one we can witness real events of serendipity that would normally be too weird to write off as a coincidence. This is where The Law of Attraction really kicks into play. For the past six months, since I acquired the coin, I’ve had some real setbacks. My relationship failed, there was ill-health in my family, I had to move back to NYC and give up a lot of my independence…. but DESPITE that, the past 6 months I have had truly some of the most magical experiences of my entire life, and in retrospect when I look back at my perceived misfortunes I can see that they were all necessary obstacles I needed to overcome in order for my soul to begin it’s journey to the allegorical “voting booth” Ceasar Rodney went on.
Here I am on the Mississippi River on the 4th of July with a friend I’ve had since childhood before we go to the Aux Claires music festival where all four of us were given VIP passes out of sheer luck.
our lucky stroke of VIP passes
My view from one of the places I’ve been fortunate to travel to this year.
A moment with a desert flower that bloomed only for one day. I got this shot at its peak before it began to wither.
Graduation day at the Himalayan Institute for my Children’s Yoga Teacher Training. I ran into a long lost love while on campus and had a rare once in a lifetime opportunity to reconnect and heal something that weighed heavy on me karmically.
A gorgeous 1984 half franc I found while sorting coins. Pristine condition and out of print currency. You can’t get these anymore!
Two views from my trip to Grass Valely California. This is the Sequoia National Forest. Luck really came into play here when I ran out of gas, lost cell phone reception and almost got my a$$ bit off by a rattlesnake.
An art auction I got to assist with in Grass Valley with art legend E.J. Gold. I won this piece entitled “The Kiss” by artist Tommy X.
Startling views and deep connections were made in San Francisco.
Tarot card readings and painted rock class at Kripalu. This was a few days after selling my artwork for the first time.
Graduation day at Kripalu School of Yoga and Health for my intensive 200 Yoga Teacher Training that brought about true and profound change in my life.
While I’m still having these nostalgic flashbacks, taking the time to realize all the profound luck I’ve had since I received my lucky Rodney is humbling. By keeping my nose down and keeping one foot in front of the other I’ve managed to manifest really and truly beautiful experiences for myself and when you’re on a roll it’s that little bit of luck that keeps the streak going. Sort of like cosmic glue.
I have more of the Lucky Rodney’s available you can get from me directly for 89.95. Get in touch if you have any questions.
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