Pay back

Pay Back!
For those of you who know me know that I have a hell of alot to pay back. This my come as a shock to the rest of you but in my younger days (15-25) I was a hell raiser. Lord knows the pain I caused other people. The frustration I gave to my parents. The crap I gave my college roommates. The hell I put some girls through. Oh and Todd.... what a great guy to put up with my crap. And Brady and Kevin to stand by me even when I was wrong. As I got older and had offspring of my own and as they grew. I thought to my self. "self" I said (through back to Mr. L at Orem Jr. High) How ever will your sons not go through the same crap you did. It then hit me what was the one thing that stayed with me through the years . What taught me right from wrong. (knowing is not doing) What was the one main fall back I had? "Scouts" more specific Troop 51 and Joe W. and all of my scout friends.
So in 2007 I found Troop 51 again. luck would have it there were some other parents looking for a troop like 51. The Scout Master at the time said he wanted out 10 years was enough. I'm not sure what I was thinking but I said I would step up to the plate and do it. But I wanted time to do some training. So 7 months latter I took over as the Scout Master of Troop 51. (the oldest and best Troop in Utah)
We camp every month. And on our camp outs we have a camp fire. We sing songs, do silly skits, tel story's. You know camp stuff. But one thing we do is at the end of each campfire we have what we call thorn and roses. This is a time when each boy and air out any differences. At the same time they can tell people thank you for what someone else has done. It was at one of these campfires I realised why I was doing what I was doing. Its Pay back, pay back for the love and the help I received as a young lad.
So I started a cause on face book called Random acts of Kindness. I realized on Monday at my Aunt Claude's funeral what it all meant. (I know something in my life Finley came together.) At this point it is my job (and yours) to pass on what we have learned.
So last week at Scouts during the Scout Master minute I talked about this great person I know. How there acts of kindness and unconditional love made such a impact on my life. So I asked them all to make a point in the week to do 2 random acts of kindness.
Now I'm going to brag a bit about my sons.
So this weekend is Tim's birthday. And we went out for his Birthday dinner today. He wanted spaghetti and meatballs. So we went to the old spaghetti factory for dinner. When we finished dinner we went into the mall to do some shopping. So we stopped at the fountain to put in a Pennie and make a wish. (well what would you do?) When I herd some people say "Wow what a wondrful boy." So I turned to see where my boys were. And there they were holding the doors opening it for every person that came through. So like a putz I said "what are you doing stay with us". Tim sai,. "Dad I'm just doing random acts of kindness."
So I'm paying back to all the people who where there for me with there random acts of kindness. Even if they don't know they did them. I hope in my small way I can make a diffeance to one person.