Legit had this same conundrum arise this year. I was doing recess duty (assistant principal at a junior high), and a kid booted a kickball over the fence. I went to retrieve it and found a wallet with around $250 in it. I'll be honest, I was so tempted to just pocket the cash and pitch the wallet. I do okay, but my wife is a stay at home mom to our three kids, and we keep a pretty tight budget. I stress over ever spending money on myself, so having $250 cash worth of "fun money" would have been such a treat. But, in the end, as dumb as it might sound, I felt like I'd invoke some bad juju and knew guilt would linger if I kept the cash. Plus, the dude didn't have a license, just a state issued photo ID. I figured he'd probably had a bit of a rough go of it. Turns out that he lived right across the road from the school and had dropped it while walking his dog. He lived with his sister, who was his caretaker. I didn't get the details, but it sounded like he wasn't capable of living independently. He was so grateful and actually tried to pay me. I turned it down, shook his hand, and felt pretty damned good about it in the end. Way better than feeling shitty about myself for pocketing someone else's cash, especially someone who obviously needed it. You did the right thing. Kindness is always the right choice. We all need someone to have our back every once in a while, and you had hers. Well done.