The phrase “Pay It Forward” is used as the opposite of payback: when someone does a good dead for you, instead of paying them back, you “pay it forward” by doing a good deed for someone else.
One good deed might not seem like much, but if everyone did something good for someone else, then the cycle of generosity and kindness can spark us to become better people.
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PAY IT FORWARD – IN ACTION – IDEAS
There are countless ways people can “Pay It Forward”. Take a look at some of the examples below for ideas on how you can contribute to this movement:
- The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation:
- Random Acts of Kindness Ideas (Hundreds of ideas!)
- Random Acts of Kindness Week (Feb.9 – 15, 2015)
Examples
- Story about how a simple act can affect another person’s life
- Motivational video demonstrating Pay-It-Forward – YouTube
IN THE NEWS
- Hockey Brotherhood helping out a friend (Nov. 2013)
- 10 Inspiring stories of everyday heroes (CNN – Nov.1, 2013)
- Michigan Football Team Embraces Special Player (Oct. 2013)
- A Chain Reaction of Tim Horton’s Goodwill (Dec.24, 2012)
- Family’s grocery bill paid by strangers (Dec.24, 2012)
- Sweater For Work
- The Pending Coffee
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SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES
Please take time to share examples below of a time where you Paid It Forward, or if you were the person that received the act of kindness from someone else. I look forward to hearing your stories.
“If you wait until you can do everything for everybody
instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up
doing nothing for nobody.”
~ Malcom Bane