Today has been a great day.  Well, every day is a great day, but today I have a story to tell. 

As you know, as I walk I pick whatever I see on the sand that doesn’t belong there, mostly trash.

This morning I thought I was picking up a piece of an old phone case, but it turns out it was a new iPhone.   I was shocked to see it, I picked up and looked around to see if perhaps there was a person in the water, which I didn’t believe it would be the case.  At the time I walk, there is nobody in the ocean, plus the phone was almost completely covered in sand, so it seemed it had been there awhile.

I tried unlocking it to see if I could call someone.  There were a bunch of voice mails and text on the screen, but I was not able to unlock it. Then, a message flashed on the screen something like: “This phone has been lost please call ….)

I hit call and got a voice mail.  I left a message.  Then I called again from my own phone to make sure the person had my number.

I continued walking, a bit faster to get home and search the internet for information on the number.  That is when I see a young lady walking very fast and seeming a bit lost.  Immediately I knew she was the phone owner.

As she got a bit closer she started saying: “I know you are picking up trash, have you…”  I didn’t even let her finish and showed her the phone.

She immediately grabbed the  phone and gave me the biggest hug. She was so relieved, and I was so happy to reunite the lost phone with the owner.

She was very grateful and asked if she could do anything for me, buy me coffee or something like that.  I said: “Absolutely not, I am happy to do it, and I believe in karma.  I hope if I ever lose my phone somebody finds it and returns it.”

After getting home, I received a text from her thanking me again.  I was shocked to see attached a gift card:

I now need to find a way to use this gift for a good cause.