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How Your Thoughts About Loose Change On The Pavement Reveal Your Secret Money Beliefs
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I park daily under a stand of loblolly pines, which is why I know that we’re in the pine needle drop phase of Fall. Did you know that evergreens are not in fact evergreen? Their needles turn brown and shed. A lot. They just pretend it doesn’t happen.
Pines are the social influencers of the plant world, always appearing perky and upbeat, faking being impervious to the decay in our lives.
The other day I spotted a gleam of silver among the fallen pine needles and bent over to pick up a quarter. Instead of the usual eagle, I found Wilma Mankiller staring up at me.
I’d recognized her name but realized I knew little about her, so I did what I do when I get curious — I nerded out.
The TLDR?
Mankiller was an elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation, an activist and a consensus builder, and someone who dedicated her…
