Pay It forward

Long back I had seen a movie which titled as “Pay It Forward”, I don’t exactly remember the details of story, cast, director or music presently but the concept of paying it forward caught my mind since I watched this film.

It is a really simple concept with profound impact on individuals following it as well as on others connected to them.  It emanates from a simple act of help, wellness or benefit to anyone.  The concept says that whenever you receive a help, benefit or kindness from someone, instead of returning the favour to the benefactor, you pass it forward as a gesture of help, benefit or kindness to others who might be in need of it.

It expands the idea of help from being bilateral to multilateral. In a world that is now more interdependent and interconnected than ever before, such multilateral thinking about kindness and helpfulness is even more relevant and necessary.

All we need to do is to scan back and find all those moments when our lips made curves called smile, and see if we can transfer some of it to anyone who needs it right now. J