10 Ways to Pay it Forward
Last January 2012, I joined the Pay it Forward meme. ย It looks like this:
Honestly, I haven’t sent anything to the 3 FB friends who joined my thread yet hahaha. ย Okay I know that’s not funny ๐
My bad, I almost forgot about it. ย But I promise to do it before the year 2013 ends.
Anyway, since it is already December (grabe ang bilis ng panahon), I would like to share with you some simple tips on how to make someone happy and pay it forward.
But, first what is Pay it Forward? According to Urban Dictionary this is a reference to the title phrase of the book byย Catherine Ryan Hyde.ย In the book the phrase is used as the opposite ofย payback: when someone does a good deed for you, instead of paying them back, pay it forward by doing a good deed for someone else.
10 Ways to Pay it Forward
- Pay for a stranger’s meal at a restaurant or buy some hot pandesal for a homeless individual you see in the streets – When you are dining out, tell the waiter or the cashier that you are going to pay for the meal of the person behind you or sitting next to you. ย Also, you can buy a hot pandesal and if you like, add some coffee and then give it to someone sitting in streets. ย During this cold weather this small gesture will make their spirits lift high (beside having their tummy full).
- If you are good in cooking, make a meal and bring it to your neighbors.
- Visit someone terribly ill and you don’t know at the hospital and bring some food. ย You will surely bring a little comfort into their life by spending some time with them and letting them know that you care.
- Pay for the Toll fee of someone behind you. ย It will surely make a chain reaction to everyone else.
- Donate Blood. ย It is good for your health, and you will be able to help at least 3 people with your one pint of blood.
- Volunteer. ย Visit any Red Cross area near you and ask them if you can help them with anything.
- Let someone ahead of you if you are falling in line is a supermarket
- Leave a bill in a play area where you know that some kids will easily find it.
- Ask your friends and relatives to donate gifts or money for you to a reputable NGO’s instead
- When someone wants to repay you for something, ask them to pay it forward.
I’ll take note of these and hopefully I can do all of these this year.
I’m thinking of doing this for the year 2014. I just felt like sharing my blessings to others in my own little way. Thank you for giving me an idea.
I am looking for a spiritual task you have listed to do, especially bringing or inviting a family to a Sunday service together with your own family.
I also joined that meme early this year..still thinking if I would join since I was not able to deliver the gifts ๐
I really like this thought of paying forward for the blessings we have received. It certainly feels good once we can do something good to anyone.
Amazing! He he I wish ako yung stranger and someone will pay my meal. ๐
I have always liked the idea of paying a good deed done to us forward or to other people. It encourages a chain of good deeds.
This looks interesting! I’m thinking for sometime now how to pay forward but well I guess I’m going to push through that sharing my blessings with the one in the orphanage. That’s something I could return or pay forward. ๐
i bought a beggar man with some eye problem somehow his other eye doesnt look good at all and his all dirty with his saklay in the street ystrdy a 5RM meal while waiting for my sister. Since I’m buying one for my daughter I bought one for him nrin.
I think random acts of kindness can really change people’s perspective. People who are hopeless might see that glimmer they need to move forward and go on.
i will be buying simple gifts this weekend to pay forward, due to hectic schedule i almost forgot this ๐
Whoah. thanks for sharing this knowledge. I really dont know what pay it forward means but some of the enumerated numbers are the deeds here in our house taught by Mom.
There’s this practice in Starbucks US for willing customers to pay for other’s drink. So when they are in the cashier, they pay for more than their bill. Later you’ll see some strangers “scavengers” from the streets entering the coffee shop and claiming the drink that’s been paid for them.