Meet my friend, Dave

I have a friend who is a vintage collectibles dealer. This is a great thing, because he finds beautiful stuff and he has a generous heart, so he’s always finding things for his friends that he gives away.

So, I am the new owner of a beautiful little yellow pot that’s perfect for warming milk for my latte.

He had a session with me recently to figure out how to take the next step in his business.
In my meditation, I saw him at a thrift store, finding things of value. And then, outlined in a shimmery gold, I saw the things that he was missing, that his intuition would guide him to, if he was deeply listening.

I told him about this and he said, Things call me. I get feelings about where things are or where I should go. I get drawn to certain places. Did I tell you about the penny?

The Penny

No, I hadn’t heard about the penny.

Dave was at an estate sale. He had found some great clothes, picked over the rest and was about ready to go when he was drawn to the basement. He’d been down there already and hadn’t seen anything interesting, but his intuition was really pinging.

So, he went downstairs again and found himself standing by a stack of books. On top of this stack were 2 books of pennies, a penny collected for each year. One book was 1900-1949. One was 1949-2000. Each book was $2.00. Dave is not a coin guy, but he figured that two bucks was worth a bet. He bought the older book.

(Aside: What kind of beautiful time was it when people took a penny from each year and put it in a book?)

He went home and left the book of pennies on his table for a week or so. Then, one day he opened it. He was looking at the first page of pennies when he noticed something interesting about a penny from 1909. It had the initials VDB stamped on it, on the bottom of the rim.

So he looked up the penny. It turns out that this penny is one of the rarest Abraham Lincoln pennies and collectors regularly buy it for $1,000-3,000.

One little penny. One to three thousand dollars. Not bad for a $2 investment.

At the end of our session, I made a list of things he can do to further strengthen his intuition. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.

I love my friend Dave, but he’s not special. Er…I mean, he’s special but his intuition isn’t special. We all got it. He uses his to find treasure in the trash. Just think of all the things you could use yours for.