What are these coins?
Each coin is just a symbol. Reminder. Remember that in a situation where you can help, you will help.
Each coin has no value other than the metal from which it is made: copper, brass, aluminum.
Each coin in your pocket means a desire to do a good deed.
How did this idea come about?
We all love to receive gifts, but how many are ready to give ourselves? I’m sure there are such people, but how many of them? One day a man said the phrase “Don’t ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. I dare to replace the word “country” with “world”. So I have a dream. And this dream is not about golden palaces, yachts and multi-million dollar bills. One person doesn’t need much. No, this is a dream of a world in which I will not be afraid for the children who go out into the street. In which there will be no fear of traveling absolutely anywhere in the world. Many will say utopia, and as always they will be right. But I have no desire to be a silent witness to what is happening in the world. I will try to do something.
When bad things happen to us, we can’t count on a superhero. We are left alone with our problem. My idea is just to sometimes change the situation for someone for the better.
Maybe some of you watched the 2000 movie “Pay It Forward”, which had the idea of doing kind deeds for someone, and not for the sake of gratitude for yourself, but instead asking them to do kind deeds for others in turn. Build a “chain of good” in this way.
I can say that before this film, back in 1976, the cartoon “Just Like That” was released in the USSR, where there was a similar idea.
I want to encourage you to do the same, and the coin is just a reminder that once someone stopped and helped you change a tire, or took you to the hospital when you fell.
The main thing is that the coin is not so necessary to perform a good deed. It is needed only so that a good deed is not forgotten, but gives rise to another.
Why coins?
I chose coins because they are made from more durable materials. We still use wallets, even if we use bank cards to pay. The coin can be easily put into a wallet and carried with you. You can also put it in your clothing pocket or in the glove compartment of your car.
Where to get a coin?
You can become the owner of a coin in different ways:
- Do it yourself. Why not? Any of your designs. The main thing is to indicate “1 chance” on the obverse, and the address “1chance.info” on the reverse. The address is needed so that people can learn in detail about the rules of the “game”.
- Purchase on the website 1chance.info in order to participate in this event. The price of a coin, as a rule, consists of the price of the blank and a couple of rubles on top. I have no desire to make money on this. There is no mass production yet, so I can give a little (if you are a superman and save lives every day, then I will try to give more).
- Get it from a person who has done you good. At the moment of transmission, he simply says something pathos to you, for example: “Now it’s your turn to do a good deed.”
Exceptions
I believe that there are cases when you need to think very carefully before helping. Here are some of them:
- Pay off with money. You can give money if you are sure that it will help the person. Remember that giving money to a person with addiction can not help, but, on the contrary, harm. A person with alcohol or drug addiction can use this money to go and buy alcohol or drugs. A gambler can simply lose them. In such cases, you need to weigh your decision and, if possible, find another.
- When there is a risk of hurting yourself. You can’t jump into the water to save a drowning person when you don’t know how to swim. Do not rush into a burning house unless you are a professional firefighter or rescuer. You can’t get into a fight in which you can be harmed, it’s better to call law enforcement. You yourself may have loved ones who will be very upset if something happens to you. Think what you can do and do it.
- There may be situations when you think that you can help, but the person refuses to help. Try not to be too pushy. Some people find it hard to accept help. Respect their choice. Of course, cases are different and, in some of them, you may have to insist.
P.S. If a person does not want to take a coin, this is his right. There may be reasons for this. The simplest – he does not need it to do good deeds.
Who helps one helps everyone.