Pay It Forward

I watched a good movie tonight called Pay It Forward (2000). I thought it was a great concept (though I cried a lot at the end). It's based on the simple idea of doing good deeds for others to repay the good that has happened to you, and that if everyone did this, it would change the world. It doesn't even have to be big acts of kindness, just ones you observe to be worthy of your help.

I realized that watching the world from a perspective of trying to figure out what you can do to help others (even though the other person might not see it themselves) and not desiring the other person to pay you back in any other way than to carry on the idea forward in his/her life is an interesting idea. It forces you to look at the world through a different set of eyes until it becomes a natural state of living. It sounds like a great way to live.