Recently, I experienced a very simple act of kindness that I believe changed my life forever. A man, who seemed to have not much more than the clothes on his back and the few items in his backpack held the door for me at a McDonald’s, patted me on the back, and told me to have a nice day. I was elated. It was such a simple thing for him to do that made me so happy and made me want to change the world. I think Pay It Forward is amazing, and I’m even writing a paper about it for my English class at Lehigh University.

-Mark Detterline