Paying it forward
Monday, January 4th, 2010
So its that time of year again, the time where, whether we plan to or not, we think about what we did in the past year, and where we are going in this one. For some, it’s a cleansing time – a time for healthy reflection and self love, and for others it’s a time to regret things and fear the future. Regardless, it’s an important time.
In my journeys this last year, I came across the term “Pay it forward.” I believe that there is a movie out there with the same name and the gist of it is that you repay someone’s good deed to you, by doing a good deed to someone else. I’m guessing there is a happy ending to this movie, but having never seen it, I will refrain from commenting on that part. But, I digress…
“Paying it Forward” seems to be a good idea doesn’t it? Have something good done to you and in return you do something nice for someone else, and so on and so on until there is a snowball effect of love and happiness … Yes?
Sigh…
Isn’t it interesting that it is so easy to pay the bad forward and not the good? We tend to forget that there are two sides here. We tend to forget the good. Yeah, I said it, we forget the good.
Instead of making ‘good’ contagious, we have a tendency to only pay the bad forward, causing a shieght load of ill will and discomfort to everyone in our wake.
Which, when you think about it, is really silly isn’t it? How do you bring peace and harmony in your own life when your mental being is preoccupied with negativity?
In relationships we hurt our loved ones because we were hurt before. I mean, why should we make it easier for other people. when we had it concrete hard and diamond pressure?
We torture our kids because our parents did it to us, and the cycle continues.
We ‘Pay it Forward’, just not in the way it was intended.
So here’s a proposal for the New Year; Instead of throwing ourselves backward, let us propel ourselves forward by passing onto others that which we would like to receive in our own lives.
When you see a someone that you know, why not make the extra effort to smile instead of bitch. A smile never hurt anybody, least of all you, and besides, you get to exercise your facial muscles. You may be even perceived as being ‘pleasant’. Lets face it, there can be worse things in life.
At the end of it all we have to understand this – if it is indeed a cycle, and the bad deeds are being passed around, then logic will state that it’s only a matter of time that bad will slap us in the face again.
Let us pay [good] forward.
I wish you all Peace, Love and Happiness to you all.
From superflygirl to you – Forward ever…
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