Hubert Tang hadn’t purchased a lottery ticket in ten years. But when he found a twenty dollar bill lying in the street, he used it to buy two lottery tickets and, while still standing just outside the store, he scratched them and discovered he’d won a million dollars. Tang then decided to share a little of his good fortune by leaving twenty dollar bills in random locations for others to find, with the possibility that they too might buy a prize winning ticket.
Unfortunately, the chances of that happening again are infinitesimally small; but we all live in hope that one day we might find something worth a fortune. And yet we all can. The Bible says: ‘How blessed are those who find wisdom… her profit is better than silver and her gain better than fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; and nothing you desire compares with her’