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Pay It Forward

,,,,,,,,,,With a smile,,

Smile, say hello.  Offer a helping hand, a thank you.  Give a compliment, make a call. Be kind, listen and share.  Encourage, mentor. And next time you leave a foreign country, give what’s left of your currency to someone who lives there.

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Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.  ~Author Unknown

Want more ideas?

  • leave a copy of a book you’ve read in a cafe for someone else to enjoy
  • be polite to the customer service reps who are trying to help you with your computer problems and online glitches
  • tip your restaurant server generously
  • thank the cooks and staff
  • be a courteous driver
  • pack a meal for a homeless person, give away your extras from dinner out
  • give a warm coat to a homeless person
  • offer to do pro bono work on a project where your skills are needed
  • send a box of bagels to your mechanic, mail person, librarian, fire fighter, hairdresser, neighbor…you get the picture
  • show everyone respect
  • put a tip in a street musician’s jar
  • give away your treasures on Freecycle.org
  • let someone cut in front of you in line
  • leave some change in the vending machine
  • hold the door open for others
  • volunteer at a non-profit organization
  • spend some time with seniors who live alone, do an errand
  • give someone the benefit of the doubt
  • offer to babysit for a single mother
  • loan something to someone and forget about it
  • give blood

Loan money on Kiva.  Donate rice by playing games on Free Rice.

If you have much, give your wealth; if you have little, give your heart.      ~Anonymous

Imagine what might happen if you pay it forward to just three people? and it inspires them to do the same?

Toni 2/23/13

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