Pay it Forward!

I was just a little girl when my brothers car slid into the ditch during a snowstorm. He shoved me down on to the floor and the car tipped as it was about to roll over... and then came to a crashing halt. The engine died and in the stillness I could hear my brothers heartbeat. We were lucky that night because following us was an older couple who stopped to help. This was in the days long before cell phones.. back when we actually had to go out of our way to help one another. They picked us up... they drove us all the way back home and then took my brother back to the car to pull it out of the ditch. And the only thing that they asked for in return was for us to "Pay it Forward", in fact they wouldn't even give us their full names.

I think back on that incident often now as our world seems to be getting more and more self centered.. as our lives are taken up by only what we want.. and not by what we can give back. Today, when you see a car slide into a ditch, most people will reach for their cell phone and keep on driving..

So I am charging each of us to do something out of our way for someone this week... without expecting anything in return for it. Just tell them to "Pay It Forward". Let's start a whole new wave of kindness in this war torn world.