The other night, I was on Daddy Duty with my three kids as my wife was out with some of her girlfriends. I gave the kids two options, tuna casserole or going out to eat. Perhaps my tuna casserole leaves much to be desired as they opted for eating out. Being the smart dad I am, I chose Applebee's to go to because kids eat for free on Tuesday night. I ordered the Fiesta Lime Chicken, quite delicious, while my kids had the hamburgers and chicken strips from the kids menu, though the baby just ate cereal puffs.
While we ate, a lady came around and made balloon animals. My kids got a heart with a parrot and a girraffe.
After we ate, the waiter informed me that our bill was already taken care of. Someone else had paid for our meal. I told the waiter "thank you to someone!"
It left quite a positive impact on me that someone did that. I don't know who or why, and pry never will. Whether it was because I had a Texas A&M shirt on or because of pity for a dad being out with 3 kids, someone was generous enough to pay for our meal.
Many people call this "pay it forward." To pay back the generosity of someone, be generous to someone else. Now that is not a bad principle for us to live by when interacting with our fellow man, but may I challenge us to take it a step further?" Instead of To pay back the generosity of someone, be generous to someone else, what if it was Be generous to someone else.
Why should we wait to be kind? Instead of giving kindness to others because someone gave us kindness, why should we not just give kindness anyway? The Bible tells us that we are to love because he first loved us
Isn't that reason enough?
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After we ate, the waiter informed me that our bill was already taken care of. Someone else had paid for our meal. I told the waiter "thank you to someone!"
It left quite a positive impact on me that someone did that. I don't know who or why, and pry never will. Whether it was because I had a Texas A&M shirt on or because of pity for a dad being out with 3 kids, someone was generous enough to pay for our meal.
Many people call this "pay it forward." To pay back the generosity of someone, be generous to someone else. Now that is not a bad principle for us to live by when interacting with our fellow man, but may I challenge us to take it a step further?" Instead of To pay back the generosity of someone, be generous to someone else, what if it was Be generous to someone else.
Why should we wait to be kind? Instead of giving kindness to others because someone gave us kindness, why should we not just give kindness anyway? The Bible tells us that we are to love because he first loved us
Isn't that reason enough?
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