Shh...Don't Tell

Ok, I've been seeing a lot about "Paying it Forward" lately and I think it's wonderful. One thing I don't understand is why do we only think about "Paying it Forward" during the Holidays?  Shouldn't we do it all the time?  I'm not one to speak because I know that I get caught up in my life happenings and could definately use a reminder.  A few weeks ago a lady at Starbucks bought everything I ordered and it made me feel really good!  So today was my day...I decided to pay for the lady behind me in line at the Starbucks I go to everyday.  It made me feel really good and I hope it made her day as well! 

Now, after I did it and left and was on my way to take breakfast to my husband and his dad at their work I thought to myself "Should I tell everyone that I did this or would that be bragging?"  I felt really good about it and was wondering if it would sound like I was patting myself on the back or bragging about doing my one little good deed for the day?  Should I just go about my day and not say anything to anyone about what I did?  Either way it still made me feel good and it really got me thinking that I should do it more often.  Now, of course buying someone Starbucks coffee on a regular basis would get quite expensive so even if it's something else that's little I just like to make someone smile and make their day a little bit better. 

Last week I was in our local Staples store buying ink for our printer and there was an older gentleman there looking at all the ink cartridges and I could tell he had no idea what he was looking for.  He even had the one he brought from home that was empty in his hand.  So..I walked up to him and asked him if he needed help and he showed me what he was looking for and I showed him exactly where it was. He said thank-you and I was on my way.  I left the store feeling really good that I helped him find what he was looking for because there wasn't any store employees around and he would have been looking for a while.  I didn't tell anyone what I did because I didn't really think about it much, but that day was a day where I Paid it Forward by helping someone else. 

So...do something today or tomorrow or a few months from now that will put a smile on someone's face and Pay it Forward.  Whether you tell someone what you did and how good it made you feel or if you just keep it to your self you will know that you did a good deed that day and hopefully they will pass it on to someone they meet.

What have you done lately?

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