We just watched a movie from 2000 titled "Pay It Forward." My kids did see it, but I caution that there is bad language and suggestive material. The basic idea from the movie is that if one person unexpectedly helps three people with something that could potentially change their life, then ask those three people to help three more people and potentially change the world. In the movie Kevin Spacey plays a Social Studies teacher that assigns a project to his seventh grade class to think of something they can do to change the world. Haley Joel Osment is a student in his class and thinks up the pay-it-forward idea.
The movie really got me thinking. What if we could change the world? Really. Change the world. Would it be worth it? Would it even work? I don't honestly know, but Dimples and I talked to the kids and we decided that we're going to try it. We're going to try and really help three people every month with something that can possibly change that person's life or circumstance and in return ask those people to help out three more people.
What about you? Can you change the world? Maybe just your community or family? Will you take the challenge with us?
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