I just found a $20 bill blowing in the wind outside in a parking lot

[Blue_Tires]

and the only thought I have is sadness, knowing that there is someone out there missing $20...

Seriously; what in the hell is wrong with my mind?

[Turborama]

1. In a word...

Empathy.

And there's nothing wrong with that!

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Nothing is wrong with you. You were raised right.

Just don't let it get out or people will take advantage of you.

[Spike89]

3. Nothing wrong with you--socially adjusted

Only a sociopath wouldn't have some empathy for the person who lost the bill. That said, enjoy your good fortune and ease your mind. Perhaps the money was lost by someone who didn't need/deserve it as a "karma" event. Maybe it found its way to you so you could do something fun to brighten your or someone else's day (another "karma" event). Or maybe it just escaped from a truck heading off to burn old bills...

Anyway, it is good that you think of how we're all connected, but really, your part of this story is just about getting a gift. You can't know the circumstances that set that bill free.

[In_The_Wind]

4. I felt the same way when I found $10

laying in front of a Carvel store I was managing.





one of my customers paid way too much for a milkshake

[Broken_Hero]

5. Nothing wrong with thinking that.

The only time I came across big money on the ground was in 1998 or so, it was falling out of the pockets of a pizza delivery man. There was a couple of kids who saw it the same time I did and I stopped them from picking any up, and yelled at the pizza man that he was losing a lot of money...I'm talking 20's and 50's and a ton of 1's falling out on the ground. The kids cussed me out calling attention to the fact that dude was losing a ton of money, and ran off.

[raccoon]

6. "the answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind...nt

[fizzgig]

7. nothing is wrong with you

empathy is a good thing.

[Myrina]

8. Same thing happened to me last week ...

.... I picked it up, felt a little guilty that someone indeed had lost it and pondered turning it in at the reception desk where I work.

Then I thought for a moment: a few days earlier I was walking my dog and found someone's wallet in the ditch: driver's license, insurance cards, a couple pre-paid cards/restaurant discount cards, but no cash or major credit cards. I was about a block away from my neighborhood library so I turned it in to the L&F there. So I figure, finding the $20 a couple days later in an entirely different place was my reward for getting that person's wallet/ID back to them.

And over the weekend I had the opportunity to pay that 'found $20' forward and gift a friend in need with some money that they needed for urgent expenses.

It's all cyclical.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Yeah, I do believe it's all cyclical...

maybe I'll come across some charity or homeless guy in need of it...

[Myrina]

11. Yep. Now if you find that winning lottery ticket, remember me, ok?

[Gorp]

9. I've lost money and I've found money. I look at it as a net-net.

[lastlib]

12. if it has Andrew Jackson's picture on it, it's mine.....!

...you can send it to me.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

13. Asolutely nothing.

You're what is becoming that ever rarer commodity, an honest and empathetic person.