Ucif
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Catherine Ryan Hyde:
what are the border or limite of paying forward : is it when he/she get on feet or when he/she still need little help or when you heard he lied to you or when he/she found good work source of money ..my personal opinion is: when he /she feel his eternal voice said we are ok and we don't need help what do you think ?
Catherine Ryan Hyde
I think it's a hard question to answer, Ucif, because I think everyone needs to decide for him- or herself what they want to give, when, and for whom. My own vision for Pay It Forward is more along the lines of one spontaneous act of help rather than ongoing help for another person. The reason being that I think it's usually better for the person you're helping if they don't feel too beholden to you, and so they don't start feeling that they couldn't make it without your help.
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