Faith & Life Inspirational Message

I had not really thought much about it until my friend mentioned it in his remarks to me and some of my younger student friends.   He is a pretty “big person” in our part of the world.   He is a name of national prominence.   I feel fortunate to have a good relationship with him.   Apart from a good friendship, I don’t get any special things from him.   The best thing is his willingness to take time to speak to my student friends.             The “it” he mentioned was in the phrase, “paying it forward.”   There he was in front of us saying the real reason he was spending time with us was to “pay it forward.”   It was appropriate.   He did not have to do this.   He wasn’t going to get anything personally from doing it.   In fact, we could actually be seen as a pain in the neck for him!   But he wanted to pay it forward.         ...

I had not really thought much about it until my friend mentioned it in his remarks to me and some of my younger student friends.  He is a pretty “big person” in our part of the world.  He is a name of national prominence.  I feel fortunate to have a good relationship with him.  Apart from a good friendship, I don’t get any special things from him.  The best thing is his willingness to take time to speak to my student friends. The “it” he mentioned was in the phrase, “paying it forward.”  There he was in front of us saying the real reason he was spending time with us was to “pay it forward.”  It was appropriate.  He did not have to do this.  He wasn’t going to get anything personally from doing it.  In fact, we could actually be seen as a pain in the neck for him!  But he wanted to pay it forward. Most of us know what this means.  Usually it comes out of recognition that somebody or, even, a few others did things for us when...