Pay it forward.

Have you seen that movie? The child has an amazing insight to life. He does good deeds for people and asks them not to pay him back. Instead he asks them to in turn, do something nice for someone else. Why are people so hesitant to lend a helping hand when needed? In the same sense, why are people so hesitant to ask for help when there is not way they can survive on our own? What has the world come to that, by offering a simple gesture, we think the worse possible scenario? As a society, we are very pessimistic and mistrusting.

I will lend a helping hand to anyone without thinking twice. I always want to believe the best in people. This causes me to be gullible. It causes me to believe that no one would possibly lie to me because I would not lie to them. It blinds me to people who are shady. I would never think that someone is trying to cheat me out of anything because I would not do that to anyone.

This is something that I am working on. I do not want to become a pessimist. I want to be able to trust people. I want to be able to see the best in people. At the same time, I am done with people taking advantage of me. I am done with people thinking that I am just the nice girl that will always be there to help out.

It took me twenty years but I can honestly say that I have a group of friends that I would trust with my life. Growing up and all through high school I did not have the nicest friends. If you are reading this, obviously I trust you. However in high school I wanted to fit in so badly that I did not care how badly my so called friends treated me. And trust me, they are not the nicest people. This being why I do not talk to a lot of them anymore but that is a whole other story.

If you have not seen Pay it forward, I recommend it. It has been around for 11 years already and I feel that it displays a really good message. If someone lends you a dollar, do not pay that dollar back. In turn , when someone needs a pop to quench a thirst, buy that person a pop. The would would be a happier place if people were just a little nicer to each other.

Have a good night everyone. I paid it forward today, did you?