Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Pass Forward

Watched a movie regarding a boy who came up with an idea to make the world a better place, which is by helping three people where each then proceeds doing the same; he calls it, passing forward. Come to think of it, how often does it come to our minds that we require no one to pay us back for what we’ve done but to bless the others as favors? And how many are willing do so? Unlike in the movie, we dare not bring a stranger home, provide him food and shelter for the night, give him money so that he can stand up once again; unlike in the movie, we do not give away our brand new Jaguar when we see a person’s car gets smashed and walk ourselves home in the rain with an umbrella; unlike in the movie, we would not help a robber in the get away, sneak him out to another area right under the polices’ noses. The world has changed, including the human hearts; and what we plan may or may not end up as planned. Like what happened in the movie, the person we’ve helped might not appreciate what we’ve done, letting us down; like what happened in the movie, we are too afraid to take actions so that things can be changed, though we know we should be; like what happened in the movie, not everyone will be moved by the idea but there will be someone who is and already started putting it into actions.