Louis Vuitton

There was a "feel-good" story on the news this morning (and who doesn't love those?) about a small Louis Vuitton bag of luggage full of real jewelry (valued into the hundreds of thousands if not millions) and $500 cash that was left behind on a park bench in California by a Canadian who was visiting family for a wedding. The person who found the luggage turned it into the police, and it was returned to its rightful owner.

That reminds me of a summer vacation in Cape Cod, when my dad spotted a wallet lying on the pier in Provincetown, and the wallet had $200 cash inside (in addition to the out-of-state tourist's identification). My dad modeled the right behavior for me and my brother, as we walked to the local police station to turn it in. Weeks later, the man who had lost his wallet sent a letter to my dad thanking him for his honesty and for doing his civic duty.

I don't know what my point is in writing this: doing the right thing? Being rewarded for what one would hope anyone would do? How my dad felt when he returned the wallet contrasted with how he felt when he received the letter? The news anchor this morning hoped that the Louis Vuitton luggage rescuer was rewarded.... Is doing good its own reward?