Pay It Forward....Started with a Coke for a boy

There was once I was at a convinience store, where a boy was in front of me, paying for a can of Coke and a bag of crackers. He only had RM 2.00 for a bill of RM 3.20. He looked sad and asked to cancel the Coke.

I stopped the cashier and offered to pay. The boy was a picture of happiness. He of course thanked me and I told him " Don't thank me, return this kindness to another person. I told him to go back and say something nice to his parents". He looked confused, but I feel that he understood.

I remembered that time, because I am now watching "Pay It Forward", a movie backed in 2000 by Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment.

I believe in our life today, we are too indulged in fulfilling what we want. Even when we give something, we always want a return, that will benefit ourself. When we loan someone money, we want the returns with interest to be paid back to us. When we love someone, we expect the person returned the love than you. When we buy a RM 1 4d number, we expect to win 3500 times more. When we worked for 8 hours, we expect our company to pay for 10 hours. And when we pray, we always asked more than what we actually deserve.

I asked that all who reads this, for all that are supposed to be returned to you, asked that the debtor pay it forward. There are many people out there who needs the 'extra' , receiving something that they didn't ask for, and when they do get it, it very much change their life.

How many time have you heard of a life was saved because some stranger stopped and talk to the person. How about the time when your young child asked that his pocket money be given to the beggar on the street. And how many times we heard that an activist dying for a cause that is not even part of him.

There are many stories of heroes and angels. But we dont need to hear or read them. Cause by paying it forward, you are your very own hero and angels.

Pay it forward, and you can always start it with a Coke..... cause MyCokeRewards...