Blog Post 2/27/12

After watching the first half of Pay It Forward today, I can say that I really liked the concept that was being put into action throughout the movie, it is a very optimistic way to see the world and also an optimistic way to live.  I would like to think that a concept like this could actually work, but I’m afraid to say that I doubt it would work in real life.  One of the character’s talked about that this plan would work if people have faith on other people’s kindness and good hearted soul, and this world has more selfish people than generous people I believe.  There are the people that would follow this idea and actually “pay it forward”, but then there would be people that are selfish or unappreciative that they would not follow the concept; it also does not have to be for a selfish reason  that some people won’t help someone else, maybe it is because they do not have time to think hard about it, or they forget about it, since it is easy to forget.  I do not know if this counts as “paying it forward”, but I helped my boyfriend out with paying for college because if he did not pay they would drop him from his classes and would not be able to attend school that semester.  It felt really good doing something for him that could change his life.  Other than that situation, I do not believe I have done anything to change someone’s life.