Pay it Forward

Today I went to the Library and signed up for a Library Card.  I was pleasantly suprised by how great it was.  You see, I live way out in the country, Australians call it Woop-Woop.  It is the kind of place where the roads are not paved and we have to walk 10 mins up the road to our mail box.  So the library was a small place, compact, neat, yet friendly and full of nearly new books and DVDs.  I guess they don't get many visitors.  Even more suprising than that is that you can loan an unlimited number of books for 4 weeks at a time...unlimited - I imagine people turning up in vans and loading up!

Local Library (c) Wendy Hastrich Architect Pty Ltd

Anyway, after that I was feeling bouyant and went to the local bakery to get a sausage roll.  There was a massive queue - out of the door it was that big.  In front of me was a handsome young man and a lady with a push chair and two small children.  I waited patiently and saw that the lady was served and the young man was served so I was next in line.  The lady ordered pies and cakes (possibly, I wasn't paying much attention) then there was pandemonium as she realised she had forgotten her purse.  She told the kids they would have to go home and come back again.  So I offered to pay for their lunch ($12), it seemed mean not to don't you think?  She asked me twice for my phone number so she could pay me back, so sceptics out there need not think it was a scam.  It gives you a warm fuzzy feeling to help someone out with no conditions attached doesn't it?  Only the other week a young man saw me and DD walking (she was in the Baby Bjorn) back to our car in the pouring rain and he offered to give me his umbrella.  As it happened I was right at my car so his kind offer was not needed, but I think I have paid it forward.

(and yes, I do love the movie)