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Speaker 1: Those old saints, phrases, idioms, you know, the things that

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your family and friends would say. It usually came from

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out of nowhere and you were like what, And then

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about fifteen steps down the road you would go, oh,

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I get it. Now. Some of those old saints actually

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made sense. Well, they had to start somewhere. Who, what, where, why, when?

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And how. Some of those old saints are not only ancient,

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but they still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact,

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I'd live by one of those old saints. Winning is

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a choice in all things that you do. Whatever decision

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you're about to make, remember and activate it. Winning is

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a choice. It's an old saying, a phrase, an idiom.

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The goal of these episodes is to help preserve not

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only a language, but lessons in life. My name is Arrow.

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A penny for your thoughts. This actually dates back to

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the sixteenth century, an old English idiom used as a

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way of being polite when asking somebody, so, what are

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you thinking about, especially if they appear to be lost

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or extremely quiet? A penny for your thoughts. It was

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first introduced by Sir Thomas Moore, who put it in

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his book Four Last Things in fifteen twenty two. He wrote,

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as it often happeth that the very face of showeth

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the mind walking of pilgrimage. Another will say to him,

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a penny for your thoughts. At that time, the penny

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was worth a lot more than what it is today.

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When offering someone a penny for their thoughts, it was

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looked upon as being that of value. But but, but,

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but but Back then, a penny for your thoughts was

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genuine curiosity and engagement. Today it's lightheartedness and outam habit,

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and truly not in tune with what's really going on.

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We will say, so, what are you thinking about? Or

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give you a penny for your thoughts? A penny for

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your thoughts five hundred years old. How much would it

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be worth today? Well, due to inflation and the rising

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cost of value, a single penny for your thoughts is

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nine dollars and ninety cents here in the United States. Sadly,

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asking to hear someone's thoughts seems a little bit old fashion.

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Why waste your time when all you have to do

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is just go to their social media pages? A penny

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for your thoughts something our parents would say. My name

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is Harol,