We can learn lessons in life, even when we think we are old enough to have learned all of them. This past weekend, my niece flew in town, for about 2 hours of business and then spent time with her family who lives in this area. She is a fireball and loves to go and do, and experience things. Things I take for granted for having lived here in Utah, she thrives on and does as much as she has time for when she comes in town.
She is so thoughtful. She really thinks and goes beyond simple thoughts and really gets to the core of needs and nurturing. Because this months Visiting Teaching lesson is on Nurturing others, I thought I would share some of the things I learned by listening and watching my niece in action.
Her first thoughtful deed was to pick up her Grandmother and take her up to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert in SLC. My mother can barely get around so she was paitent and listened to the fears my mother had drove alittle slower to make Grandma feel more comfortable. My niece found out that her grandmother had never been to a Motab concert in all the 77 years she had lived in Utah. What a wonderful surprise and t thoughtful gift for Grandma.
This niece just lost her grandmother on her fathers side a couple weeks ago. She expressed to me thoughts and ideas of what she can do to help those family members to overcome the sadness they feel for the loss.
Her father slipped and fell on the ice a couple days ago and she thought about her mother having to shovel the snow because her dad couldn't. She decided to take action and made a few phone calls and is hiring someone to keep her parents walks and driveways cleared from snow. I would have never even though about this kind of deed as my sister lives so far away in a distant state, but her daughter knew just what to do and did it.
I have thought about all the meals, and treats I have taken in to people when they were sick, wanting to do something, but I think that though meals do help, there are other deeds of kindness that can be done. We need to think alittle deeper and I have no doubt that we can come up with acts of service to help, just like my niece did for her parents.
Well, I need to stop now, but I will add to these thoughts. Maybe you could to. Do you have ideas to help others that may need help during this Christmas season? Shut ins, Old folk, young folk with husband who travel and are not home to help with all the needs of maintaining a house, or whatever else you can think of. Wouldn't it be great to just bless the lives of others in different ways. It doesn't have to be monitary, but just acts of kindness, and nurturing the needs of others. Feel free to make comments and share.
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