Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Paying it Forward

We had something unusual happen to us on Sunday. I had to go get groceries and we decided that we would eat out while we were in town. My husband, children and I ate at our local Mexican restaurant. Sunday is buffet day, so we got the buffet. My husband took my daughter to fill her plate. They no more than got back and sat down, and I lady walked up to our table and laid a gift certificate to this restaurant and told us to enjoy the rest of our meal. I thanked her and was speechless. I got up to fill my plate and she was gone. After pondering over what to do, my husband I decided to use it, and the next time we ate there, which is somewhat regular, we would do the same thing for someone else, kind of like pay it forward. By the way, I love that movie!

I've heard of this before, but it's never happened to me. What do you think? Did we decide to do the right thing? Has this ever happened to you before?