Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

Thank you for visiting Weekend Kindness-- the blog that helps you build positive relationships! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed so that you don't miss a single post from one of our great authors!

Claudia had kindness displayed to her on a missions trip to Latin America:

I applied for the opportunity to live in a community in a Latin American country for two weeks without being aware of what I would be exposed to, what feelings I would feel, who I would meet and what I would eat. It was an unknown world to me and a plunge into the unknown. Change is hard and being placed in new environment that is unlike what one is used to is a challenge itself.

When we first arrived to Panama we were taken into a Vincentian Formation Center in which we were welcomed with love and a lot of Panamanian food. We found a world of great hospitality with our hosts and in my heart I felt that they went the extra mile to make us feel welcomed. I personally felt that they did not have to do that and felt troubled expressing my gratitude for their hospitality. Everyone in the group was grateful and amazed at the great kindness that was demonstrated by the Panamanians. Through my journey I found Panamanians to be kind and unselfish. They provide the best for their guests even if they did not have much to provide. They received satisfaction as one accepted their act of kindness and to say, “No, Thank you” would bring disappointment and lack of respect to them. God was present in every person that provided us with any commodity to make us feel welcomed and comfortable in the foreign land. The Panamanians taught me that I did not have to be rich to be happy. Whether we have a lot or a little, it is significant to make something out of nothing in this life. They taught me to be humble and modest in my society. I learned to accept as well as to give. Panamanians are role models and they helped me to overcome the challenge of being uncomfortable with hospitality and to share what blessings I have been given with my community.

It’s amazing what kindness to those that we do not know or who are different then us can do to a person.  We may never know the total impact that our simple acts of kindness may have on others.  Let this be an encouragement to you to demonstrate kindness in even the most mundane circumstances, and especially to people that may not be like you!

Tags

Related Posts

• Kindness Knows No Prejudice
• WK3: Fun at the Grocery Store
• Doing the Little Things Shows Kindness
• Kindness to Family
• Providing for One Another