Paying it Forward

Tonight I offered to babysit for little R so his dad could go to rugby practice while his mom was at a work dinner. J and I went to college together and he was not only my RA in the dorms but we became really good friends. He lent me his car more times than I can count without even thinking twice, let me use his computer ALL the time and let me escape to his room when I needed to get away from my high maintenance roommates. He did all these things without ever asking anything in return. And he probably never imagined that one day we would be neighbors and I would be babysitting for his child. Generosity and kindness really does come back around.