Pay if Forward...

What would you do if you didn’t have much time left to live?

What would you try to do for someone else if you knew they didn’t have much time to live?

I frequently read a blog provided by CNN, called Young People Who Rock. Today, I read quite a remarkable story about a young man named Darius and his close friend Logan. See, Darius has a deteriorative disorder called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It basically attacks a person’s muscles, ultimately attacking the most important, including the heart and lungs.

So, when Darius told his friends, including his friend Logan, he wanted to see parts of the country he had never seen before, Logan and Weems’ other college-aged friends decided to take him…west!

How remarkable is that? With that act of love from a FRIEND, Weems’ has traveled throughout the western half of the nation, seeing things he never thought he would. The group decided to document the adventure and today, it’s an award-winning documentary called Darius Goes West.

I truly was amazed by this story, by this act of kindness and friendship towards another.

I wonder…what if we ALL decided to make a choice like that for someone else? Can you imagine the kind of impact you could have…even if it’s for ONE person? Changing one person’s life is only the beginning…you never know what that person might do for someone else, in light of what you’ve done for them...

...I guess you could say it's like the 'Pay it Forward' idea...where one act of kindness spawns another...and another...and another...what a thought...