Cassandra and I watched the movie "Pay it Forward" the other night. After crying together because the movie seemed so unfair, we talked. She wanted to know what the point was, because at first she couldn't see how anything was good about such a sad movie. We analyzed how many people's lives were really better because of one boy and then she "got" the movie. There is really something to the idea that one person can change the world. Olive Crest says they make the world a better place "One Life at a Time". Being a staff at Olive Crest, I have always wondered if I even make a difference in the lives of the kids I work with. Mostly I have to live on faith; believing that something I did will make one kid or another, if not happy, a more successful adult. I hope that with Girl Scouts too. Being a leader of a troop I rack my brains to come up with new and fun ways to earn badges and do community service and always am left feeling like I have tried too hard to be a teacher and not be just a fun leader. Where is the magical place where the girls learn wonderful values and have a great time doing it? I have to have faith with that one too and hope that the girls will feel empowered enough in the next few years to make the troop what they want it and transition away from my planning to theirs. Then I will feel like I have accomplished something.
I am going to try to do the little things that I can today to help people and contemplate on some bigger ones that I can do. The point in the movie was that for it to really work, the thing that you did, had to be hard. That's what really made a difference and made the system work. We should all Pay it Forward everyday. I am investing in youth and hoping they will become good adults that can take care of the world (and me too) someday. Your thoughts?
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