Day 13- Training a Jedi

Today Pausch's chapter was about one of his students who made it big in the IT world. So big, in fact, that he was the lead technical director for Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. There is a moment where Pausch realizes that he helped the student achieve his dream, and his student pays it forward to Pausch's current students.

I know my synopsis is short, but the key element here is paying it forward. Lately I have heard a lot about paying it forward in the town I live in. Apparently there has been an epidemic of people paying for the person behind them at both Chick-fil-A and Starbucks in the past year. I haven't been lucky enough to be the recipient yet, but that shouldn't stop me from doing it for someone else. Honestly, an act of generosity like that never crosses my mind. Maybe it is because I am cheap. Just thinking about it now makes me nervous that the person behind me might be buying biscuits for their whole office and set me back more than I can afford.

Today I am going to try to think of things I can do as good deeds. It doesn't always have to entail spending money. A quick Google can get you several blogs with good deeds listed. I think I want to do this on a bigger scale rather than a small one- for me that means outside of my family. My eyes are open, let's see how I can help add positive energy to the world today. The DMV used to have a phrase it publicized, "Courtesy is contagious," let's just see, shall we?

-I pray today that I can learn to keep my eyes open for people in need, whether it be on the small scale or large. I ask that you, God, give me the insight to help people in need, to put a smile on someone's face, and that the act be contagious. Amen.