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RE: Real LIfe Pay It Forward, Ran Into Betty Again

in #payitforward7 years ago

No kind gesture is too small. Spot on. In my family even, we never ignore an opportunity to help out a person in need. some of us are less fortunate than the others and it doesn't matter if we get hurt by our kind deeds sometimes (yes, people will take advantage of your kindness) - what matters is that we remain true to our nature and improve daily, building the kind of world around us that we wish to see. Nothing is on auto pilot, everything is created by our actions.

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Yes sometimes others will take advantage of your kindness...funny thing is family has been the most likely to do this in my experience. Distant family, but still family. This tends to cause me to close off for a short period and then something simple like running ahead and opening a door for someone pushing a stroller and the thank you given reminds me that just because some people are jerks doesn't mean we need to start being one ourselves.

Nothing is on auto pilot, everything is created by our actions.

This right here is a fact of life people need to understand. Nothing good in life happens with first taking action.