WELLNESS | HEALTH | LIVELIHOOD
Hospitality for the Bereaved
The value of kindness in hard times
If there is anything this year has taught me, it’s that hospitality is as important as ever. Finding community since the arrival of the coronavirus has been a long and arduous journey, let alone all the other challenges that have come along.
Now, we have a polarized political climate edging into epic disaster land. The need for hospitality has taken on new dimensions. What was once a simple meal with friends is now a safe haven for camaraderie.
Before I go any further, let’s review the definition of hospitality:
1: hospitable treatment, reception, or disposition (and) 2: the activity or business of providing services to guests in hotels, restaurants, bars, etc. — From the Merriam Webster dictionary
…and the definition of hospitable:
1 a: given to generous and cordial reception of guests (and) b: promising or suggesting generous and friendly welcome (and) c: offering a pleasant or sustaining environment — From the Merriam Webster dictionary
Hospitality is a generous, friendly reception in a pleasant environment. Where we can, for a little while, be reminded of our humanity.
