When I was a kid, I could glance down in the yard and immediately find a 4-leaf clover. I found them all the time. I had quite the collection which I kept in a small photo album, usually 3 or 4 specimens pressed between the plastic sheets.

It’s been awhile since I’ve been on the lookout for 4-leaf clovers, and I thought about that as I was walking Fremont along the Greenbelt this morning. I saw lots of clover patches, and I said to myself, “I know I’m going to find a 4-leaf clover today.”

As we walked along, I glanced at the clovers, and it was weird because I could look at a patch and know right away whether or not I would find a 4-leaf clover in that patch.

We were about a 1/4 mile from the end of our walk when I stopped to watch a western tanager fly into a tree close by. I looked down at a patch of clover, and I knew I would find what I was looking for there. Almost instantly, I found one, then two, and finally five 4-leaf clovers in a matter of a minute.

I had no doubt that I would find a 4-leaf clover this morning. You must look for and expect good things to happen…and they will.