"Pay It Forward" Help others to have a great holiday season.

Rick the Spa Guy

"Pay it Forward" to me means to go out of my way to help someone I may or may not know to have a better day, week, holiday or what ever I can do for them.

Being in the service industry I get to meet and talk to a lot of people everyday. Most of us today are in the same boat, working to survive and trying to give our family a great holiday season. I love this time of year, don't you?

The best in people comes out. This time of year I am the politest, and happy person I wish I was all year long. I decided 2 years ago to "Pay It Forward", during the holiday season I met a woman who's husband had recently passed away and she was having to deal with the household chores and the pool herself and did not know who to trust. My heart went out to her. She called me to close her pool since her regular guy would not call her back, this is when I found out the details about the husband,(she volunteered the info).

Well once you hear that kind of thing you just have to help out don't you? So, I offered to close the pool for cost and told her to call me in the spring and I would help her out with the vinyl liner replacement that she needed.

She called me the next April and we discussed the upcoming job and what would be involved, it was then I decided to "Pay It Forward" I replaced the liner at a my cost and closed her pool for free. This made me feel great knowing I helped her out and did something that was not just for me, I saw the way her kids loved the pool and I wanted to make thing great for them and make it so she knew she could trust me and I would do it right for her.

She has since referred me to several of her friends even though they did not need my services, this is how she Payed it Forward for me. To this day I still take care of her pool and we are good friends. I hope all of you that read my blogs will find a way to "pay it Forward" for someone this holiday season, you will not believe how good you will feel. Kindness is the best medicine for all that ails you.

I am trying to write about things that are close to my heart during the winter months when most of my industry is trying to figure out how to survive another year. I love to blog and my only wish is that I can help some people out there by giving them some info that they needed to do it themselves and save some time and money, and if they tell people about me all the better, if not I am still doing what I love so all is good.

If there is a topic that you would like me to write about, send me a comment and I will do my best. I also have a face book page that I do get comments on so you can always visit me there as well. Rick the spa guy is my new handle, what do you think? LOL

I again want to wish you a Happy and Healthy holiday season, and I hope we can help each other out in the future. Tell your friends....

Until Next Time...