I believe in the power of doing good. If you do good to someone it touches them spiritually and emotionally. It encourages them and actually motivates them to pass on the good to others.
I heard a preacher say that a Starbucks customer was waiting at the drive thru and the guy behind him was honking. The man decided to show kindness and paid for the order for the honking man. This man was touched and paid for the next guy’s order. The preacher said that this went on more than 500 times as each customer paid for the customer behind him or her.
I searched the Internet and couldn’t find that story, but I did find this one. A couple of years ago, on Dec. 12, in Bloomington, Indiana, 142 people at a Starbucks paid for the order of the person behind them. This kindness was passed on for more than 3 hours.
Employee Erik Zambrano said that a customer told him that she wanted to pay for the person behind her in the drive thru line “to wish them a Merry Christmas.” Eric said that after that: “I explained to each person that the person in front of them had paid for their order. Customers would then offer to pay for the next person. Typically, they were ecstatic that the person had paid for their order.”
We all have the power to start a trend. We can start a chain of frustration and anger. Or we can start a chain of goodness and kindness. Why don’t we pass on some good today?
Have you seen the film "Pay it Forward" with Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey in it? Its the same principle. People pay it forward to help somebody else, instead of paying it back, in effect - keeping it within the circle. If we only paid it forward - how blessed and encouraged would people be - that they would want to do it for somebody else also. So forget paying it back. Instead pay it forward.
Amen , alittle kindness DOES go a long way!. I do my best! people seem to be kinder during the holiday times, wish they carried it over I saw that movie was a greatone! God Bless
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