Kim, I am convinced that ferret people (or animal people in general) invented "pay it forward". Years before the movie ever came out, Renee Downs taught me "pay it forward". Of course I already knew to live life to the fullest, appreciate the details of it, and to contribute as much as I possibly could to all beings. And I was already practicing it without even being conscious of it. But she explained and demonstrated it in detail by modeling and DOING it. She made it tangible by paying something forward to me. I had already seen small examples of this on the list. So it was not entirely new. But man, she really brought me face to face with "living it". It was in my hands so to speak, and by taking it ... I was obligated to pass it on. I felt like a whole new world opened up to me that day. And from that day on, I was sucked into that wonderful way of living and thinking in the ferret world. The movie came out much later, and it utterly blew peoples minds because such a thing never even occurred to them. I marveled at that fact, and I thought to myself, "wow ... this is new to everyone?" [Posted in FML 6398]