Wednesday 21 January 2009

paying foward secret on living right

I JUST FELT LIKE SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF A 12 YEARS OLD BOY READ ON...........

Dear Entrepreneur,

I was channel surfing last week, when I was suddenly captivated by a movie that was on. Although I had seen this one several times before, I felt compelled to watch it once again. It tells an amazing and touching story.

The story is about a 12 year old boy who was given an assignment by one of his teachers to come up with a concept to change the world one small step at a time. To make a long story short, he did just that in a very unexpected way. You may have seen it before; it's a "feel-good" movie called "Pay It Forward" with Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment and Helen Hunt.

The 12-year old boy, "Trevor", came up with a concept called "Pay It Forward" that is based on people helping people. One person wouljavascript:void(0)
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Trevor was desperately trying to help people and test his theory, but he kept failing (so he thought). As the movie went on, he was getting frustrated thinking that it wasn't working because it was based on the "honor system"...and people just didn't care about the honor system anymore! I don't want to spoil the movie if you haven't seen it...so skip the next paragraph if you don't want to know any more.

So as it turned out, Trevor had actually touched a few people and changed their lives for the better, including his grandmother inadvertently, and the concept was spreading rapidly! Eventually, a reporter caught wind of the "pay it forward" concept and tracked it back to the young boy and couldn't believe that it was just a 12 year old that started this so-called "movement"! Shortly after the reporter filmed an interview with the bright young boy, there was an unfortunate accident in the school yard with Trevor and he passed away. Since this little 12 year old boy had changed the lives of so many, thousands upon thousands of people showed up at his mother's doorstep to sing and pay their respects.

THIS IS A TRUE LIFE STORY.........................

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