Monday, August 31, 2009

(6) Being considerate




We were staying at Wendy’s nice bungalow last week. This family has been a godsend to mine. Since the first week of Keziah’s Grade One, when she called up and requested to borrow Keziah’s exercise books, we have been friends.


 

Later, I stopped attending Wednesday night life group to ensure Keziah sleeps early and started to attend Wendy’s Friday night meetings. For most of the mission trips my husband and I make to India, Wendy’s family has taken care of Keziah.




 

Now that we’ve moved out of town, many return visits found them graciously hosting us. One afternoon, I went into the bathroom and found the soap dish flooded. In a moment I poured away all the water, dried the dish and left the soap to drain and dry.


That night, I made sure my husband and Keziah were aware that should the dish be tilted towards the spray of the shower head, the soap would be softened by the resultant ‘flood’. This may be a very trivial thing, yet it is definitely lacking consideration for the next person using the bathroom.


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