I think I first heard it on a GKIC CD, the idea that you can’t give away too much good. I heard it and I liked it. The theory was a business theory, specifically about getting referrals. My friend George Savva would say that a referral should be given without thought of any benefit to the giver, i.e. what you give will come back to you many times over, but not directly.

It is the same with good deeds and freely given information. Sure, there are those who just take, but the majority of us are decent people aren’t we? The difficulty of course comes with the few who are mean of spirit, selfish and guarded – but hey, let’s ignore them for a minute. In fact let’s just ignore them permanently.

So the thought for the day reader is give away a little more than you get every day. Do a favour, help someone out, say thank you and we shall see if it comes back to us.

The dandelion has between 180 and 2000 seeds which are dispersed through the wind. Pay-it-forward suggests three good deeds.