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M$1 January 29, 2009 05:11 PM

What have you done to "Pay it Forward" like Gabriel German?

Gabriel German of Orlando, Florida, is a millionaire who founded an orphanage in the Philippines. He was adopted as a baby and wants to 'pay it forward.' Next month he plans to give all the children a permanent home. It will cost him just $1500 a month to change the lives of over 200 kids forever. What is the best story of 'paying it forward' that you have heard/ or have done?
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drmatt drmatt
 
 January 29, 2009 05:24 PM
It's similar to "paying it forward"... but more like random act of kindness...

I LOVELOVELOVE to pay for the person behind me when going through a toll booth (we have a number of toll bridges here). It is completely random and I get a sense of joy seeing the confusion-turn-to-joy in the face behind me.

Try it!
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• Thanks DrMatt, I have done this before too! Its a simple way of doing a good deed that just about anyone can do, no matter what your income is like. Thanks for sharing!


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robbrown robbrown
 
January 29, 2009 05:27 PM
Sadly, I'm a little more capitalist. I do the exact same thing, but I drop a business card and ask the person in the booth to say I did it.

I've received a shocking response from this.

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drmatt drmatt
 
January 29, 2009 05:55 PM
See... I think that defeats my purpose of being a "random act of kindness". But that's my opinion...

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robbrown robbrown
 
January 29, 2009 05:59 PM
Yes, this does completely defete the purpose of a random act of kindness. I figure I do lots of other positive karma inducing things so little things like this aren't too bad :)

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robbrown robbrown
 
January 29, 2009 05:28 PM
It's sure not up to the caliber of any real pay-it-forward type things, but earlier in the week, I donated M$16 in the hopes that someone would donate money to charity rather than haphazardly give it away.

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-suggestions/i-have-got-8-mahalo-dollars-which-one-of-you-should-get-them-and-why

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