Paying it forward.

Pay It Forward was a great movie, and a wonderful ideal. I liked it very much, but instead of waiting for something good to happen, someone has to start the chain of paying it forward. When I was younger my mom had on several occassions taken in people who needed a place to stay, I was taught that you help when you can, where you can, whether it is volunteering for a charity, or at a hospital, or giving money if you have it, or opening your home to those you know who are in need. As it turned out it has been paid forward, when I sold my home I was going to have to go the high expense of renting, and moving until I found a new house to live in etc, but someone gave us a room in their home, and even provided storage for us in their home, so that we didn't need to spend money on that, and this gave us more money as downpayment as we made a token payment for rent while there. Then a someone we knew not really well well enough was about to put on the street to live in her car, so she moved into our guest room. We have on many occassions bought raffel tickes or in other ways donated money to charities, recently we needed money and don't you perhaps because we paid forward before we had need we had money from one of those chances, when it was needed. So it is an ever continuing cycle. For some it is getting back what you give, for others your story would be about the power of prayer, either way it is a nice reminder that a little help to others is what we need to help ourselves.

it's one of the pillars of our religion to give alms. sometimes, i forget but i do find ways to give. it really feels good to help somebody you don't know. God will reward us for our good deeds. just don't be too showy about it.