What is Pay It Forward all about?
You may or may not be familiar with the Pay It Forward
Movie from 2000, or the book that inspired the movie
written by Catherine Ryan Hyde. But you certainly will
want to learn what it's all about now. Pay It Forward,
although a unique concept, it certainly is not a new one
by any stretch of the imagination. Pay It Forward entails
having a deed, a favor, or a debt, paid forward to someone
else who is deserving, vs returning it to the person whom the
deed, favor, or debt is owed.
Paying It Forward from the past, by Jennifer Kelly:
This unique concept that was written by Hyde was not her
idea. It dates back centuries, the first of which was by
Benjamin Franklin in a letter written in 1784.
“ I do not pretend to give such a sum; I only lend it to you.
When you (...) meet with another honest Man in Similar
Distress, you must Pay Me by lending this Sum to him;
enjoying him to discharge the Debt by like operation,
when he shall be able, and shall meet with an opportunity.”
This same concept was referred to in Robert A. Heinlien's
book Between Planets (1951); for this he is largely credited
for coining the phrase. In the story money is lent by a banker
to a character by the name of Don. He then states “I'll pay it
back, first chance.” The banker responds, “Instead, Pay it
forward to some other brother who needs it.”
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In 2006 Oprah Winfrey used the Pay It Forward concept
by giving each member of the audience that day $1000
and a camcorder. Their instructions were to record how
they used the money for random acts of kindness in a
Pay It Forward Challenge.
What can you do with this concept in your own community?
What does all of this mean for you? The act of paying it
forward is more than a book or a movie. In the end, it's about
being nice. Being nice is trait that can be inherited, learned,
or practiced daily. Because the act of being nice can, and will
bring you rewards beyond your comprehension.
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By now we should have all learned that there are spiritual
rewards regarding the act of being nice, but also there is
significance in your health benefits as well. More than that,
it gives us a feeling of happiness when we know we've done
something good for another. This feeling cannot be matched
or sustained by the accumulation of any material possession;
it comes solely from the free act of goodwill and love.
At the end of your life, will you reflect upon the number of
dollars you accrued, or the number of lives you touched?
Will you be remembered as a person who kept score, or paid
it forward?
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