Originally Posted by Riversong
When I was growing up in the country"Paying it Forward"was a lifestyle ..and also bartering. Thats kind of a lost art.(quilters still do it :))
I was kind of thinking the same thing.
Don't people do this anyway...without having to be told to do it?
I mean, don't you sometimes give cookies away or make cakes for people who need encouragement or push a car that is stuck in the snow, or open the door for someone, or take a picture of a couple with their own camera while on holiday because they can't take a picture of themselves, etc. without any expectation of a gift, repayment or money?
I know that traditionally sewers and I think quilters, couponers, and people who bake, can, or make jam/jelly, and do traditional "homey" type things, do this kind of thing all the time--as a way of life.
Maybe it is just my circle of friends... :) This group is a pretty generous group, BTW, IMO So are people who listen to Old Time radio and couponers.