At one point during yesterday’s world record breaking event, a father pulled his cell phone away from his ear and excused himself to one of the Pay It Backward volunteers,
Sorry about that. My 3 year old son is on the phone and he’s excited that he can see me on the internet.
This, for me, summed up the day. The desire to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. The idea that we could each play a contributing role in something as big as etching Toronto into history for the most consecutive good deeds. The notion that, through one simple action, we could write a memory for our children, our neighbour, and the stranger behind us in line.
As someone who rarely stops to appreciate the moment he’s in (a fault to be sure), this tiny event of a father and son, got to me. Here was someone who began his day as he would most any other. In a moment of understanding, he decides to stop what he’s doing to do something he hadn’t planned. He understood.
A simple act of sharing. And now a story that will be re-told for the 87 years still to come in his son’s life.
Amazing. What a touching story. The energy flowing through that little Second Cup yesterday at #pibTO was completely electric. So many people & acts of kindness for a great cause. Was very happy to be there with you and the other 600 of us!
Posted by Casie Stewart
Link | April 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
That’s a great little story! I’m sad I had to miss #pibTO, but I’m so happy that all 600 of you guys managed to pull it off. Cheers!
Posted by Brian Gilham
Link | April 5th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
ANDREW RULESSSS!
Posted by Rayanne Langdon
Link | April 5th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Cheers all!
Not to worry Brian - there will be more I’m sure.
Posted by Andrew
Link | April 5th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I’m rounding up some stories, stay tuned. Was a real pleasure to be a part of this one and see that off/online father/son connection happen - unbelievable.
Posted by Satish
Link | April 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am
[...] corner of the store that was live streaming, until finally a scream of joy came out from the line. (Andrew had this scoop [...]
Posted by Stories worth telling | Satish Kanwar
Link | April 8th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Thats powerful. Its the sum of great moments like this that made the event so impactful.
Thanks Andrew
Posted by Afshin Mousavian
Link | April 8th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Love this story, Andrew!
Saturday MEANT something. I could feel it at the event and, almost a week later, every #pibTO blog post, video and pic reignites that glorious feeling.
So, thank you for my #pibTP fix!
Posted by Steph
Link | April 9th, 2009 at 2:10 pm