I’m sure everyone knows what pay it forward is all about. Doing a good deed without any expectaion of receiving a return or reward. The recipient of the good deed then is expected to do a good deed for someone else and it multiplies from there. Now we can produce a custom logo coin that you can track. And as a bonus win prizes.
In the movie Pay It Forward:
An 11-year-old schoolboy in Las Vegas, Nevada named Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) is given a class project to complete by his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey), a man with terrible burn scars on his face and neck. His task is to come up with a plan that will change the world through direct action. On his way home from school later that day, Trevor notices a homeless man, Jerry (James Caviezel) and decides to make a difference in Jerry’s life. Trevor then comes up with the plan to “pay it forward” by doing a good deed for three people who must in turn each do good deeds for three other people, creating a charitable pyramid scheme. Trevor’s plan is to help Jerry by feeding and housing him so he can “get on his feet.”
Wouldn’t it be interesting to be able to track the good deeds and see where what you started could go? How, what a simple act can affect others and what these acts were? In a business application you might want to build a data base of these people. And more.
Well, I have a tool to do just that and more. For a small invenstment in a medal coin you can track this activity in your community, your workplace, your market place and even this country and more.
Why a Coin?
The coin is a tangible reminder for us to do something nice. We all know we should, but we get busy with our lives and lose sight of how important being nice to one another truly is. Also, because the coins can be registered on www.4acause.com we can see where our coin goes on its journey and read about other nice things being done. That way we can be continually reminded about our chain of good deeds. These reminders will help us all to be a little nicer.
Why is Tracking Important?
Tracking is fun! Being able to track your coin is exciting. People will be able to log into 4acause.com, and see where their coin has gone. You can see the good deeds that happened because you passed it on. You can watch as your coin travels around the United States of America and perhaps around the world. More than just a geography lesson, watching our coin travel reminds us to be good. Just as the coin can have far reaching travels, tracking the coin reminds us that our good deeds can have far reaching effects too.
The tracking is especially important for children. It may be difficult to conceptualize just how big of an impact one coin (and one person) can have. When children read all of the subsequent good deeds done and see for themselves how far their coin traveled on a map, then it is easier to comprehend how important it is to be nice and to help other people. We can all know that we made a difference!
Health Benefits
Doing good deeds helps to maintain good health. Giving is an immune booster. Volunteering increases energy and self-esteem. Doing good deeds helps the body resist disease and recover from illness. Stress related health problems improve after doing good deeds. Adopting an altruistic lifestyle is a critical component of mental health. Taken all together, doing good deeds can lead to a happier and longer life.
Doing good deeds may make you feel so good, you wonder who got more out of it you or the person you helped. A person’s health benefits and sense of well-being can return for hours, or even days, whenever a good deed is remembered.Scientific Studies
Humans are hard wired to help each other. Babies are altruistic as early as 18 months of age. Yale researchers find that infants prefer individuals who help others to those who either do nothing, or interfere with other’s goals. Elizabeth Dunn explored a known correlation between happiness and good deeds and found that pro-social giving is an actual cause of happiness.Historical Significance
Like the Golden Rule, other reflections of doing good deeds have been around for thousands of years and are likely to be around for thousands of years to come. Enjoy a small selection of good deed quotes below to illustrate the importance and historical significance of doing good deeds.
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us everlasting comfort and good hope by means of undeserved kindness, comfort your hearts and make you firm in every good deed and word.” (2 Thess 2:16, 17)
“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” (George Eliot)
“To be doing good deeds is man’s most glorious task.” (Sophocles)
“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one’s life – reciprocity.” (Confucius)
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” (Leo Buscaglia)
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” (William Shakespeare)
“When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deed he has sent before him.” (Koran)
“If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” (Bob Hope)
If you are interested in learning more and how you too can Pay it Forward contact me and let’s talk.