I just found $100 in the Trash. Do I give it back?

But to who…is this money really mine?

Jaja Requa
2 min readAug 25, 2023

Is this money really mine?

Finding cash is a moral dilemma for me. If I saw the person who dropped it I would give it back without question. If I asked people walking around if it was their money, people would lie.

This happened 2 other times in my life. Once at a Catholic Church in the Caribbean. Santa threw $100 at my feet when I was 8 – 9 years old.

This was too good to be true.

Is this money really mine?

When I saw the crimped up 100 dollar bill at my feet. I stared at it for 10 seconds before another kid grabbed it.

All the other kids were picking up gifts and candy that Santa threw.

I found out later that Santa was my father and that money was meant for me.

The other time, I was walking into a restaurant with my family and I found a crisp 100 dollar bill on the ground of a parking lot.

Other than empty parked cars, no one was around.

Wow $100!?

This was too good to be true.

Is this money really mine?

I shoved the money in my pocket and went inside the restaurant. I contemplated asking the waitress or hostess to ask each table if they dropped $100.

But then my whole family agreed that EVERYONE would claim it.

Who knows if this person was even still in the restaurant.

I didn’t say anything to anyone at the restaurant. I kept it to pay for our meal. But I felt a bit guilty.

Do I give it back…but to who?

Yesterday, All day I’ve been praying to God for financial relief.

Right now, I’m also a waitress helping out at my friends restaurant. I was teaching my 15 year old son how to serve.

So as I was teaching him how to put in the Uber and door dash food orders, he looks down and says,

“Mom, there is $100 in the trash”

There were only 3 other people working at that time. But you know how people are when it comes to unclaimed cash.

I told them a story that I dropped it to test if they did.

They didn’t. I split the money with my kid but

do I give it back…..but to who ?

If I asked people walking around if it was their money, people would lie.

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Jaja Requa

Self-Help Junky, Spiritual Journalist & Lover of Wisdom.Join me here https://jajarequa.medium.com/membership or Follow me on instagram @jajarequa