Thank to everyone for their amazing submissions. It was VERY hard to
pick one. Many of you put a lot of time and thought into your
submissions, and I am very grateful. I will be combining so many
definitions into a up coming blog post.
"Paying it Forward (PIF) means many things, from giving someone the shirt off
your back, to a friendly nod, simple smile, or a few kind words. To pay
it forward is actually another form of a random act of kindness. If
someone is having a bad day you can PIF simply by telling that person
how great they are :) Paying it forward is showing someone a kind
gesture and not expecting anything back in return. It's doing a good
deed to restore the faith in humanity, it's telling your brother that
he's not as annoying as you say lol. You can interpret any random act of
kindness from your heart as paying it forward.
The biggest reward
though, is that you're really paying it forward to yourself! You PIF
because you want to and don't need to think why am I doing this. People
were born to pay it forward, sometimes they just need a little help
understanding exactly what it is. It's true that when you pay it forward
it gets passed along! For example, someone smiles at you, you smile
back, you then go on to smile at someone else and they smile at someone
else and so on. Well that one simple smile just PIF to a whole group of
people. Like I said, PIF to me means helping restore the faith in
humanity by doing something completely selfless without thinking about
it!" - Nikki P
By the way...
We Want to help you help your neighbor.
Nominate an unsung hero or family in need by filling out
the form below. Tell us their story in 250 words or less, and you just
might get the chance to reward them with $500 cash. We`ll pick a new
nominee every week.
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