Pay It Forward.....

A part of living a holistic life is to participate & be involved in the community in which you live.

This Thursday, April 26, 2010, is National Pay it Forward Day. This day celebrates the Pay It Forward Movement, that began after Catherine Ryan Hyde wrote a very inspiring work of fiction by the same name, which was later turned into a movie, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen hunt & Haley Joel Osmont. The goal of the movement is to show all people, even kids, that they can change the world through one act of kindness at a time. 

"How Can I Pay It Forward?
The premise of the novel “Pay It Forward” is one that any person can implement in his or her own life, at any time.  It begins with doing a favor for another person ~ without any expectation of being paid back.  Indeed one would request that the recipient of that favor do the same for someone else ~ ideally, for three other people.  The unconditional favors can be large or small.  As 12-year-old Trevor observes in the novel:  it doesn't have to be a big thing.  It can just seem that way, depending on whom you do it for.   There’s really no end to what you can do when you set your mind to Pay It Forward!" -taken from the Pay It Forward Foundation Website   http://www.payitforwardfoundation.org

So, here is my personal challenge to all of you out there who read this blog: Think of at least one way to pay it forward this Thursday and be responsible for creating the change in your community that you desire. 

"Be the Change you want to see in the world."

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." 

~ both quotations by Mahatma Gandhi