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Over the past year or so I've seen several Facebook posts about someone in the drive thru paying for their meal, or someone at Starbucks paying for their coffee. A pay it forward type deal if you will. Have you ever randomly paid for someone's meal or drink? If so, why? I think it's neat.
I've done it quite a few times at Starbuck's...and one time even bought the drinks for Russian sailors at their first port-of-call in Hawaii after the fall of the Soviet Union. And then there's giving Thanksgiving dinner to a shut-in old man who lived nearby. And then there's the vegetables from our garden that we gave away every year, and the fruits from our trees that we give away now.
I only list those because you asked - otherwise I wouldn't think about it, because the best things in life come not from what one gets, but from what one gives.
Over the past year or so I've seen several Facebook posts about someone in the drive thru paying for their meal, or someone at Starbucks paying for their coffee. A pay it forward type deal if you will. Have you ever randomly paid for someone's meal or drink? If so, why? I think it's neat.
I'm not big on any fad activity and if it's on Facebook I'm not interested, but I have quite often paid for meals for homeless or destitute people. I often see one poor gentleman when I'm at McDonald's for my morning coffee and I'll pass him a $10 to get some breakfast and some coffee to start his day off and some change for later. I do it surreptitiously so as not to embarrass him, because although he is outwardly quite needy appearing, he is also a man of some integrity and pride as well and I respect that.
I also used to do a similar thing for a homeless woman who used to hang out in the shopping mall near where I worked and was often around the Second Cup where I frequently got coffee - I would give the servers money for her to pick out whatever beverage and sweets or sandwiches she wanted and had them simply say someone has paid for her. She never knew I did it, which made it that much more rewarding.
These are small things but not all thoughtful gestures need to be grandiose or advertised on Facebook or in the news. Just do it for yourself and a person you feel needs a little help along the way.
It's not friends saying "hey I paid for a strangers meal", it's "the guy ahead of me at the drive thru just paid for my meal"
I'm not big on any fad activity and if it's on Facebook I'm not interested, but I have quite often paid for meals for homeless or destitute people. I often see one poor gentleman when I'm at McDonald's for my morning coffee and I'll pass him a $10 to get some breakfast and some coffee to start his day off and some change for later. I do it surreptitiously so as not to embarrass him, because although he is outwardly quite needy appearing, he is also a man of some integrity and pride as well and I respect that.
I also used to do a similar thing for a homeless woman who used to hang out in the shopping mall near where I worked and was often around the Second Cup where I frequently got coffee - I would give the servers money for her to pick out whatever beverage and sweets or sandwiches she wanted and had them simply say someone has paid for her. She never knew I did it, which made it that much more rewarding.
These are small things but not all thoughtful gestures need to be grandiose or advertised on Facebook or in the news. Just do it for yourself and a person you feel needs a little help along the way.
I suggest trying to never let anyone in the USA die of hunger, no matter what anyone on the right thinks.
Over the past year or so I've seen several Facebook posts about someone in the drive thru paying for their meal, or someone at Starbucks paying for their coffee. A pay it forward type deal if you will. Have you ever randomly paid for someone's meal or drink? If so, why? I think it's neat.
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