45 Ways to Pay it Forward.......try a new one everyday:)
1. Hold the door open for the person behind you.
2. Clean out all your old clothes and donate them to someone in need. Your old is someone else’s new.
3. Write a positive review about a local business you like.
4. Listen intently to people’s stories without trying to fix everything.
5. Donate blood. One pint of blood can save up to three lives.
6. Volunteer at a hospital, homeless shelter, nursing home, etc. Get outside of yourself and help others.
7. Buy house warming gifts for new neighbors.
8. Share your umbrella with a stranger on a rainy day.
9. Check up on someone who looks lonely.
10. Let someone with only a few items cut you in line at the grocery store.
11. Spread good news.
12. Replace what you’ve used. For example, fill up the copier or printer with paper after you’re done using it or start a fresh batch of coffee.
13. Give words of encouragement to someone about their dreams, no matter how big or small they are.
14. Stop and buy a drink from a kid’s lemonade stand.
15. Help someone get your parking space in a crowded parking lot when you’re leaving.
16. Babysit for couples or single parents who don’t get out much so they can have some alone time.
17. Shop at your local charity thrift store. The money you spend there helps others.
18. Help someone get active. There’s a coworker or acquaintance in your life who wants to get healthy, but needs a helping hand. Offer to go walking or running together or join a gym together.
19. If someone you love really likes something (a meal, a favor, etc.) give it to them when they least expect it.
20. Make a difference in the life of a child. Give them your time and undivided attention.
21. Pay for the person in line behind you.
22. Create a care package and send it to an active duty military unit.
23. Redirect gifts. Instead of having people give you birthday and holiday gifts, ask them to donate gifts or money to a good cause.
24. Become a mentor or tutor to someone in need.
25. Help the weary shopper in front of you who needs that extra two or three cents to avoid breaking a 20-dollar bill.
26. Come to the rescue. If you realize someone is sick, bring them some hot tea, soup, etc.
27. Offer your seat to someone when there aren’t any left.
28. Hug a friend. Let them know how important they are.
29. Think twice before you throw something away. As Jack Johnson once said, “Reduce, reuse, and recycle.”
30. Bake cookies or brownies and share with a neighbor or colleagues.
31. If you have a good book you’ve read that’s just sitting around on a book shelf, give it away to a friend.
32. Clean up litter in a park or open space nearby.
33. Send a nice email or handwritten card to someone you know, unexpectedly.
34. Leave encouraging post-it notes in library books and other random places.
35. If you see a couple taking a self-pic, offer to take the picture for them.
36. Donate cat and dog food to an animal shelter. Call and ask what is needed.
37. Compliment someone who deserves it.
38. If there’s been an accident or a potentially hazardous situation presents itself on the road, report it to the local authorities. Your phone call could save a life.
39. Collect and donate prom dresses for underprivileged youth.
40. When you’re getting fast food, buy an extra meal for a homeless person.
41. Stand up for someone. Lend your voice. Often the powerless, the homeless, the neglected in our world need someone to speak up for them.
42. Take the time to teach someone a skill you know.
43. Teach others how to make a difference in this world by setting a good example every day.
44. When someone wants to repay you for something, ask them to pay it forward.
45. Leave a treat for your mail carrier in your mailbox.
1. Hold the door open for the person behind you.
2. Clean out all your old clothes and donate them to someone in need. Your old is someone else’s new.
3. Write a positive review about a local business you like.
4. Listen intently to people’s stories without trying to fix everything.
5. Donate blood. One pint of blood can save up to three lives.
6. Volunteer at a hospital, homeless shelter, nursing home, etc. Get outside of yourself and help others.
7. Buy house warming gifts for new neighbors.
8. Share your umbrella with a stranger on a rainy day.
9. Check up on someone who looks lonely.
10. Let someone with only a few items cut you in line at the grocery store.
11. Spread good news.
12. Replace what you’ve used. For example, fill up the copier or printer with paper after you’re done using it or start a fresh batch of coffee.
13. Give words of encouragement to someone about their dreams, no matter how big or small they are.
14. Stop and buy a drink from a kid’s lemonade stand.
15. Help someone get your parking space in a crowded parking lot when you’re leaving.
16. Babysit for couples or single parents who don’t get out much so they can have some alone time.
17. Shop at your local charity thrift store. The money you spend there helps others.
18. Help someone get active. There’s a coworker or acquaintance in your life who wants to get healthy, but needs a helping hand. Offer to go walking or running together or join a gym together.
19. If someone you love really likes something (a meal, a favor, etc.) give it to them when they least expect it.
20. Make a difference in the life of a child. Give them your time and undivided attention.
21. Pay for the person in line behind you.
22. Create a care package and send it to an active duty military unit.
23. Redirect gifts. Instead of having people give you birthday and holiday gifts, ask them to donate gifts or money to a good cause.
24. Become a mentor or tutor to someone in need.
25. Help the weary shopper in front of you who needs that extra two or three cents to avoid breaking a 20-dollar bill.
26. Come to the rescue. If you realize someone is sick, bring them some hot tea, soup, etc.
27. Offer your seat to someone when there aren’t any left.
28. Hug a friend. Let them know how important they are.
29. Think twice before you throw something away. As Jack Johnson once said, “Reduce, reuse, and recycle.”
30. Bake cookies or brownies and share with a neighbor or colleagues.
31. If you have a good book you’ve read that’s just sitting around on a book shelf, give it away to a friend.
32. Clean up litter in a park or open space nearby.
33. Send a nice email or handwritten card to someone you know, unexpectedly.
34. Leave encouraging post-it notes in library books and other random places.
35. If you see a couple taking a self-pic, offer to take the picture for them.
36. Donate cat and dog food to an animal shelter. Call and ask what is needed.
37. Compliment someone who deserves it.
38. If there’s been an accident or a potentially hazardous situation presents itself on the road, report it to the local authorities. Your phone call could save a life.
39. Collect and donate prom dresses for underprivileged youth.
40. When you’re getting fast food, buy an extra meal for a homeless person.
41. Stand up for someone. Lend your voice. Often the powerless, the homeless, the neglected in our world need someone to speak up for them.
42. Take the time to teach someone a skill you know.
43. Teach others how to make a difference in this world by setting a good example every day.
44. When someone wants to repay you for something, ask them to pay it forward.
45. Leave a treat for your mail carrier in your mailbox.
"Be Positive or be quiet" - - Jill Lewis-Flood
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - - Ghandi
"Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct." -- Thomas Carlyle
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." - - Johann W. Von Goethe
Work to live, not live to work. . . Work hard, but play harder.
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - - Ghandi
"Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct." -- Thomas Carlyle
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." - - Johann W. Von Goethe
Work to live, not live to work. . . Work hard, but play harder.