Simple maxims remind me of the way hospitality works at the kitchen sink level:
* My table can always expand to make room for one more person.
* My heart can always expand to make room for one more person.
* The kitchen is the most hospitable room in my house.
* The person most in need of hospitality may be living under my own r
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* To be effective, hospitality must be balanced with solitude.
* Kindness, compassion, and generosity are the marks of hospitality.
* To be hospitable is to be an instrument of peace.