Pay It Forward

Today is Christmas eve. As Christmas Day approaches, we are reminded that Christmas is in fact a time for gifts. Giving and receiving gifts.

But do you know what is the best gift of all?

To me, it is the gift of love.

Have you ever thought of giving this gift of love to anyone you meet?

Well, maybe you can start doing that today. You can give love by simply committing a random act of kindness.

Like, paying the toll for the person behind you.

Or let the person lining up in a queue behind you get in front of you.

Offer your hand to carry groceries for someone at the supermarket.

Offer your seat to someone in the bus.

Offer the parking space you just found to the car behind you.

Or, perhaps you have been treated with a random act of kindness by a total stranger. How did you feel then? Were you grateful for his or her kindness? What did you do to repay him or her?

The best thing you could do is not to repay him, but to pay it forward.

If you have seen the movie "Pay It Forward", you will know what I mean. So you have been helped by a stranger. Now what you do is to help another fellow human being and if that person shows his gratitude by asking how he or she can repay you, tell him to pay it forward instead.

Imagine everyone doing this! Love will spread round the globe! It will be totally infectious!

And when enough people spread the message of love on earth, things will change. A new consciousness will arrive and we will have peace on earth.

Isn't that what we want? Heaven on earth?

Well, in the spirit of Christmas, let us all commit a random act of kindness and if we are at the receiving end, help to pay it forward.

Now I thought this is a nice song for this post. It's aptly called "The Gift" composed by Jim Brickman and sung by Susan Ashton and Collin Raye.



Enjoy the song and have a Merry Christmas everyone!!