Selfless People

Wow, this story of selflessness is pretty darn cool.  Earlier today one of my coaches and personal sponsor bought a 2010 Dodge RAM Sport for his dad.  They surprised him earlier today with it parked in the garage with a huge bow on it.  They bought it a few days prior and paid cash for it, which the dealership said almost never happens these days.  What’s amazing is for the fact they were able to do something selfless like that and not even think twice about it.  I know there was no way my coach could ever repay his dad for all the things he’s done for him over the course of his life and even if they were to give him a cheque for x-thousand dollars he would never accept that.

The thing with this is people that are in debt living paycheck to paycheck would never even dream of something like this because there is no way to achieve it.  When you are in debt (whatever it is, credit, home, car, LOC) you’d take that large amount of money and put it on debt.  You wouldn’t think I’d love to do something nice for my parents for everything they’ve done for me and buy them a vehicle.  When you live debt free there are so many options that open up.

There are other examples of this starting to come up in our organization where people are giving back, paying it forward, spoiling parents, etc… and I cannot wait until we are in that position where we can actually think about it and do it if we so choose.  I have a few ideas in mind on what I want to do to give back to my parents.  Why?  Because my parents are the best damn parents in the world.  They sacrificed so much of their time, energy and money so that we could live the best life possible when we were growing up.  We were allowed to play whatever sport we wanted to and of course the main sport in our household was hockey.  We didn’t play just any hockey we played Rep hockey which is twice to three times if not more expensive then house league hockey.  Thousands of dollars a year.  My parents sacrificed a lot of things so that we could play hockey, they sacrificed nice new vehicles, they sacrificed many wedding anniversaries by driving past each other while my brother goes one way to hockey and I go the other way.  They sacrificed their time and money so that we could live whatever life we wanted to.  Do my parents deserve to be spoiled?  YOUR DAMN RIGHT THEY DO! Could I even think about doing that working my current job being in debt? NO.  So we’ve made a change to make that happen so we can honor our parents and give back to them for all the sacrifices they made.

I’m pumped at the limitless possibilities that will be happening in the next few years for us and for what we can do with our family.