Pay it forward

Recently we were going on a late night ice cream run! We went through the drive thru at Arctic Circle. When we got up to the window Lance handed them his debit card. They said that we didn't owe anything that the person in front of us had paid for us!! Our first reaction was WHAT? Did we know the person? Why would someone do that? Then we felt dumb, afterall our bill was less than $6.00 (did we look like we couldn't afford that)?? :) Then we realized what a wonderful experience this was for our kids to see firsthand that there are nice people in the world! This person did not even know us and they were just doing something nice for complete strangers! We will never know who this person was or be able to thank them but we were able to teach our kids a valuable lesson. We can do nice things for people whether we know them or not. We may not all be able to pay someone else's bill while dining out or grocery shopping but we can always find ways to do nice things for others even if it is just taking a neighbor cookies! The only way we can "thank" this person is by doing the same thing and finding some way or many ways to PAY IT FORWARD!