I’ve sponsored this Pay It Forward For The Holidays initiative on the blockchain now for the past five years and its always the highlight of my Holiday season. This year it’s needed more than ever. 2020 has been the most challenging year most of us have ever lived through and we need a little optimism and goodness more than ever.
When this all began back in 2016 I was just beginning to notice how the mainstream media was flooding us with negativity and consumerism and how we could counteract it. After the year we’ve had it means so much more.
After the countless challenges 2020 has thrown at us so many people are struggling, many of them are doing so quietly and secretly.
“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill
Through my social media pages I’m fortunate enough to have a sizable global audience of good-hearted people. It’s my wish to once again call them into action. I’m a firm believer that there is still more good than bad in the world and, once again this year, I’d like to prove it.
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What I propose, if you can spare it, is to invest $20 (or whatever you can afford) in the goodness of humanity. You can use this to help someone you know or a stranger you cross paths with.
Anonymously pay for someone’s order in a drive-thru line at a restaurant, buy a hungry person a hot meal, drop off bags of groceries on the porch of someone less fortunate or simply hand someone a twenty dollar bill and say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or whichever Holiday Greeting you prefer. It’s easy to forget that each of us are fighting a battle every day and, despite appearances, we have no idea what kind of struggles others are going through.
This idea is very simple but it serves a twofold purpose. It may just help renew someone else’s faith in the goodness of humanity and, I promise, it will make you feel INCREDIBLE! This simple act will bring you much more joy than anything than the cash could purchase. In fact, it might be the best gift you get this year.
I’ll be paying it forward myself over these next few weeks.
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Let’s start a wave of light to drown out the darkness of this world…or maybe just cause us to forget about it for a little while. Renew someone's faith in the goodness of humanity.
Thank you for your interest in my work. 2020 has been hard for us all in so many ways. May your Holidays be rich with all the things that truly matter.
With Immense Gratitude,
Eric Vance Walton
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