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Pay It Forward
Just pass it on.
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“Pay it forward” means to reciprocate kindness not by directly repaying the person who was kind to you, but by doing a kind deed for someone else. It’s a concept of passing on goodwill and good deeds to create a cycle of positivity. The idea is that by extending kindness to others, you inspire them to do the same, creating a domino effect of generosity and compassion from one person to another and then another.
“Pay It Forward” is the title of a novel written by Catherine Ryan Hyde that was published in 1999. A year later, it was made into a movie and starred Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment, among many other credited actors and actresses.
The concept of “Karma” originated from Sanskrit and Pali and is the core concept in the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It refers to the principle of cause and effect, suggesting that actions have consequences both in the present life and potentially in future lives. Good actions are believed to lead to positive outcomes, while bad actions can result in negative ones. There is a lot of truth to this concept. My Mother always told me, “You reap what you sow.”
