Pay It Forward

Last Wednesday we saw a film called “pay it forward”. It shows that a little boy called Trevor McKinney, whose mother is working in a bar and did not take after him well, is caught up by an assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor want to pay a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him. But in the end he died because he want to help his friend.
In our world helping other people is perhaps the most important we can do. Children are the ones who often teach us how to behave in certain unpleasant circumstances. It is not only a moving story but everybody who sees this film stops for a moment or more and think over the meaning of life. Though it has not got a happy ending like it often happens in life, it is not a stupid story. Maybe the tragedy end can give us a deeper emotion, and I think about it a lot. As the boy said, when we received help, do not pay it back, pay it forward.