What's this? ...A baton came flying at me. Passing it to 3 people... I made sure to pick 3 people🤣 | Pay It Forward

🐱 "Shire! Something just flew at me!"

👧 "Huh? What is it this time?💦"

🐻‍❄️ "A pebble."

👧 "...A pebble?"

🐱 "Apparently, if you pick it up, you have to throw it to someone else."

👧 "What kind of system is that?🤣"

So, anyway.

It has arrived at Shire-neko's place too.


The note version of the Pay It Forward Project🕊️

From Maite-san (sorry for the delay!)

And from Ichigo-mon🍓

😸 "Meow! I thought something fell from the sky, but it was a baton💦 You can't eat this, right?"
🐻‍❄️ "Why don't you try?"

👧 "Don't do that!"

My apologies💦

What is the "Pay It Forward Project"?

It's about taking the joy or kindness you received and passing it on to someone else.

"That's wonderful"

"I want to support this"

It's a project where you read and comment on articles by people you feel that way about, and then pass the baton to the next person.

So.

As I was reading the original article,

It says something like, "It's okay to pick 10 people instead of 3🙆".

So I thought,

"Alright, let's go with 10🤣"

🐱"You're increasing the number!?"

And so, I really did choose 10 people.

......But.

I started writing the introductions.

I wrote the first one.

I wrote the second one.

I wrote the third one.

"............This is long🤣"

🐻‍❄️"Did you just realize that?"

Yes.

I'll stick to 3 people after all🤣

I give up easily💦

Well then, when I thought about these 3 people again, it turned out that, by coincidence, they were all "people who can take action for the sake of others."

So this time, from Shireto😸🐻‍❄️ to these 3 people.

With gratitude and support, I'd like to throw a pebble🪨✨......🐻‍❄️ "It's a baton, I told you💦"

🪨Person 1: Karateka Papa

A medical professional, a karateka, and a dad.

......He should already be busy enough at this point🤣

What's even more amazing is that he's the kind of person who doesn't just do things for himself, but even turns followers' "I wish I had this" ideas into apps!

Shireneko also had him make a "Picture Book Library App" where I can enjoy all my picture books in one place🐱📚✨

🐱 "He actually did it..."

🐻‍❄️ "So capable..."

Exactly.

He is a capable hero🦸✨

He takes someone's "I'm in trouble" or "I wish I had this" and properly shapes it into a response.

To that Karateka Papa, with gratitude and support—

Here comes the pebble!🤣🪨💨🐻‍❄️ "It's a baton💦"

🪨Person 2: Richa-san

Richa-san, who is writing the novel "Five Senses"📖✨

……Or so I thought.

Lately, things have been looking a bit strange🤣

Just when I thought cooking logs had appeared……

Finally, the person himself has appeared tooーーー！！👏🤣

🐱"He actually exists!!"

🐻‍❄️"Is that what you're focused on?"

Not just the world of his novels, but little by little, Richard's own world is coming into view, and I am

unable to stop the excitement🤣✨

And above all, he is a very kind person.

Whenever I'm in trouble, he's always there to casually lend a hand; he's a reliable person✨✨✨✨✨✨
He's a hero too🦸‼️

I'm curious about his work.

I'm curious about his cooking.

And I'm curious about the person himself ← Hey, hey (*^)/☆(+。+*)

To Richard, who I'm looking forward to seeing what will pop out next from—

With plenty of my usual gratitude, here comes a pebble!🪨💨✨……🐻‍❄️"I told you, it's a baton💦"

🪨3rd person: Mon-chan

A kind dog who connects people to people🐶

……He's a dog🤣

🐱 "Are you throwing the baton to a dog?"

🐻‍❄️ "They'll probably catch it for you."

People have a mysterious way of gathering around Mon-chan.

"I bet these two people would get along well."

Just like that, they tuck themselves right between people and, before you know it, they've created a new connection✨

And lately, they've been working hard on music production too🎵

Connecting people, and even creating music...

🐱 "A talented dog, meow."

Seriously though🤣

Connections born from kindness go on to connect to someone else next.

There's no way I could leave Mon-chan out of this Pay It Forward!

So—

Mon-chan, go fetch!🤣🪨💨

🐻‍❄️ "You shouldn't do that with a pebble. It's a baton💧"

🕊️ So, I threw three pebbles.

At first,

"Should I go for about 10 people?🤣"

I was thinking that, but...

By doing it one by one like this, 'What is it that I like about this person'

When I think about it, even 3 people is more than enough

to convey what I wanted to say.

And I realized one thing.

The 3 people I chose this time, although their methods are all different,

are people who can use what they have for the sake of others.

That's what it is.

Like building apps.

Or reaching out a hand when someone is in trouble.

Or connecting people with one another.

Kindness isn't about doing something grand.

It might just be about passing on a little of what you can do to someone else.

And the person who receives it passes a little bit on to someone else.

If it keeps going like that, it would be kind of interesting, wouldn't it?😸

🐱 "By the way, you know."

👧 "Hmm?"

🐱 "What are you going to do about the remaining 7 people?"

👧 "............"

🐻‍❄️ "You did choose 10 people, after all."

👧"............I told you I gave up, didn't I?💦"

So, here we go!

Karateka Papa-san, Richa-san, and Mon-chan.

Pardon the sudden baton—not a pebble—flying your way!🤣🪨🪨🪨💨

To those who receive this baton🕊️

If there is someone you think, 'I want to support this person' or 'I want others to know about this person,' I would be happy if you could pass this baton of kindness on to someone else, as long as it's not a burden.
However, please don't push yourself lol

Of course, feel free to enjoy it however you like!

May these gentle pebbles roll on to somewhere else again👧🐱🐻‍❄️✨

🐻‍❄️"It's no use no matter how many times I say it💦 Even though it's a baton💧"

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