how many people here beileve in pay it forward?

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ok i am a firm believer in pay it forward. i have seen with my own eyes how well it works. how many believe in it and how many try to pratice it. if you dont know what pay it forward is let me tell you a story. there was an old woman with a blown tire on the side of the road her phone wouldnt work and she didnt know what to do. a bum looking kind of guy came riding a bike by her she got scared alittle cause he looked so ruff but he had stopped. she had been out there awhile and no one stopped it was really hot and she was very thirsty and starting to feel sick. he had a few extra bottles of water in his back pack. he changed her tire and gave her 2 bottles of water. the lady tried hard to give him some money for his help and his water. he refused and told her that just remember me and if you see a person in need try to help. that is pay enough. well she went home and didnt think to much about it then later that day she went to town again. a little boy had just fell in front of her and his mom was a few feet ahead and didnt relize she was in a hurry like most of us are. the old woman stopped and his knee was bleeding. she was just a few steps from her car and so she went and got one of those bottles of water and a napkin and cleaned his knee the mother came back just a few minutes later when she relized her child was not with her lol. she thanked the old woman and offerred to get a new bottle of water. teh old woman said no thank you and repeated what the man told her. that woman just said ok and grabbed her child and went on. well she went home told her husband about it and so did the little boy. later that day her husband went to go get milk and this woman was in check out and didnt have enough money for what she had bought. it was items like milk, eggs, etc. things that you could tell she needed. he paid for her items that she couldnt afford and they started to talk and she explained that there car was broke down and her husband lost his job and she was 4 months pregnant ut her husband was on a bike looking for work and if he would please give her a number soo she can repay him when they get the money. instead the man told her to call him when her husband returned and he would give him a job that he was just about to put an ad int he paper needing a courrier. she thanked him. when her husband came home she told him. he also told her about the old woman he helped and by stopping and doing that he missed his interview that he had set out for in the first place. but it was ok cause he knew things would be ok. and they were. now he didnt know for along time how it all came about till he ended up in management at the courrier office and they were talking one day and put 2 and 2 togetehr. now i believe even if it doesnt come back to you like that it does come back in other forms. your life and otehrs aroudn you are better for what you do. when you help someone they feel good and so do you which puts you in a better mood and them. wouldnt the world be a better place if people paid it forward more often.