Day 205 – Pay It Forward

Earlier today, Vinny texted me and told me that someone at Dunkin Donuts had paid for his meal and coffee by the time he went to pay. When he was confused as to why, the girl at the counter said it was part of the “Pay It Forward” movement. I have personally done that for someone in the past but haven’t known anyone to be on the receiving end - so that was really neat. Vinny was quite impressed and it made his day to have that happen.

Meanwhile, tonight as we were out on the deck watching a serious case of fog roll in, we were talking about it. He got such a kick out of the entire concept. As we were talking, I looked down and saw one of the traffic cops that ticket people in this town for expired meters or parking illegally walking around on the street. I looked at Vinny and said “I know exactly what I can do for my intention”. Although it was super windy and foggy- I went downstairs and put money in someone’s meter. Even though it was into the evening, there were still meters going and quite a few people parked.

So, although it may have been a small gesture- I may have saved someone from a parking ticket. I hope when they came back to their meter that they were able to notice that it had been paid more and get a kick out of this “pay it forward” movement the way Vinny did. #HGAL #everygoodgesturecounts