Good luck can lie in a pin

Let me share a tale of fortune. We are all familiar with it, some experience it throughout the year, others on certain occasions, and some only once in their lifetime. But eventually, we all experience it. As we all know, God sends a little child and places it in a mother's lap. It could happen in a wealthy castle or a well-to-do house, but it's also possible to occur in an exposed field where the frigid wind blows. What not everyone knows, but is nevertheless true, is that when God brings the child, He also brings a fortuitous gift for them. This luck is not openly placed beside people, but it is laid in a place that is least likely to be searched for. However, it is always found, and that's the best part. This luck could be hidden in a variety of things, just like the apple that gifted Newton with good fortune.

Here's another true story. Once upon a time, there was a man who was born, raised, and married in poverty. He was a turner by profession and made objects like umbrella handles and rings but struggled to make ends meet. "I never seem to be fortunate," he always said. Red and sour berries abundantly grew in his garden. There was also a pear tree that never bore fruit. Nevertheless, luck was in that pear tree itself.

One stormy night, a strong wind caused a branch of the pear tree to break off, and the man decided to bring it to the workshop to make wooden pears out of it, as a joke. He made several wooden pears of different sizes. He said “Sooner or later the tree will bear fruit” and gave the pears to the children to play with. He lived in a rainy country and an umbrella was a necessity. His family had only one umbrella, which often broke during strong winds, but he repaired it every time. The most annoying thing was that the button which held it together when it was down, very often jumped out or the round ring was divided into two parts.

One day the button of that umbrella flew off. He began to look for it on the floor, but instead of the button, he found the small wooden pear that he had given the children to play with. He said that there is no such button anywhere, but found little thing can help him achieve his goal. So he made a hole in it, then passed a thread through it, and the little pear fit perfectly into the broken ring. Without a doubt, the umbrella had never had a better fastener.

When the man sent his umbrella handles to the town the following year, as he usually did, he also included some of the wooden pears. He begged to just try them, and then they were sent to America. They there found that the wooden pears held better than any other button, and demanded that after that all umbrellas should be fastened with the wooden pear. This was a great opportunity for the man, and he started making more and more wooden pears, turning the entire pear tree into thousands of wooden pears.

"My good luck was laid in the pear tree," said the man. Now he had a thriving business and a big workshop with many workers. He was always in a cheerful mood and said, "Good luck can lie in a pin!".

I also think so. People have a saying, "Take a white pin in your mouth and you will be invisible," but only if it's the right pin, the one that God has gifted you with.

I understand that and I can catch gold like that man, glittering gold, the best kind that shines in children's eyes, hears from their mouths, parents too.

As people read my stories, and I invisibly stand beside them for I have the white pin in my mouth, I share my wisdom with them. And if I can make them happy with my stories, then I say the same, "Good luck can lie in a pin!"