Hospitality. It picks up the house, but doesn’t feel the need to conceal evidence of everyday life. It sometimes sits down to dinner with flour in its hair. It allows the gathering to be shaped by the quality of the conversation rather than the cuisine. Hospitality shows interest in the thoughts, feelings, pursuits and preferences of the guests. It asks questions and listens intently to answers. Hospitality focuses attention on others.
Entertaining is always thinking about the next course. Hospitality burns the rolls while listening to a story.
Entertaining obsesses over what went wrong. Hospitality savors what was shared.
Entertaining, exhausted, says "It was nothing, really!" Hospitality thinks it was nothing. Really.
Entertaining seeks to impress. Hospitality seeks to bless.
Entertaining is always thinking about the next course. Hospitality burns the rolls while listening to a story.
Entertaining obsesses over what went wrong. Hospitality savors what was shared.
Entertaining, exhausted, says "It was nothing, really!" Hospitality thinks it was nothing. Really.
Entertaining seeks to impress. Hospitality seeks to bless.
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