When I get up at 6 in the morning, barley able to open my eyes,  to open the door for the child my mother babysits and his father, it’s not because I get paid for it, it is because my mother has left to drop off my father by the parking lot where he jumps on his trailer truck to commence his trip to the City of Industry and pick up the food product that needs to be delivered to Vancouver Washington or to the state of Utah, because that is our only way of income in my home. This is quotidian thing, and a necessity for everyone. By waking up at 6a.m. to open the door and care for a child while his single father goes out to work in order to provide a shelter and food for his son, is what we, my mother and I had to go through when I was barley 3 months old to the age of 4 when my mother had to stay home because my sister was in her womb. By providing the boy a ride to school and a home to come to with children in sight and a nice hot meal, my mother hopes that the father will have more to do with the education his son gets than let him wonder in the streets and not care about his homework or rules that any child in this society needs at his age, like my mother and I’s story. I help my mother because I know it is my duty to help out, because we are a team because we are paying it forward. When I am on my way to school on the bus, there are usually no seats especially when it is 7 a.m. and every one is on their way to work.  Even though I am usually carrying a twenty pound backpack to carry my necessities during my day at school, if I were to encounter an old woman or man or a mid-aged woman that is too short to hold on to the handle 4 feet above her, I know that woman or old man will need my seat and therefore I offer them my seat while I take their place and hold on to the pole that is easy for me to grab onto. By doing this I hope that another person that is on the bus encounters someone who will need their seat during the ride to their destination. When I do see something like that it brings me gratitude that we are working as a team. That complete strangers are a team as so it should be, when we are in need. It is a psychological cycle that if someone is helped they will able to go through their day without stress and the person who helped out, will feel gratified throughout the day.