“True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person. Henri Nouwen has described it as receiving the stranger on his own terms, and asserts that it can be offered only by those who ‘have found the center of their lives in their own hearts’.”
―Kathleen Norris
How has finding your own center enabled you to show hospitality to others?
Love this definition of hospitality. As I read it, I was reminded of the South African practice of “Ubuntu:”
Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term roughly translating to “human kindness.” It is an idea from the Southern African region which means literally “human-ness”, and is often translated as “humanity towards others”, but is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity” (Wikipedia, 2016). If you are so moved, watch this clip of Nelson Mandela describing Ubuntu: