William Penn is credited with saying, “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” This statement is similar to the idea behind “paying it forward,” or performing a random act of kindness for a stranger, who in turn would do another random act of kindness for another stranger, and so on. This is a philosophy popularized recently by Starbucks and the media.
Directions: Please respond to all the following items in your initial post by Sunday. In addition, engage with your classmates by making comments and/or asking questions that build upon your peer’s posts.
If money were no issue, what is something you would do for another person or group of persons to “pay it forward” (besides buying them a cup of coffee in the drive through line)?
Why would you like to do it?
What do you hope would be the outcome of this act?
After considering this, do you feel that it would “make a difference”? Why?