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How An Unexpected Friendship Changed My Life Kindness Moves
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How An Unexpected Friendship Changed My Life
Lois Paula Riturban: Whether you're hoping to heal the world or heal yourself, this podcast is here for you to highlight how kindness moves.
Nan Zapanta: Moves you to take action, yourself, or just makes you feel something so good, it's contagious. You might have been touched by a simple act of kindness. You might want tips on how you can act now in your own community or you just love the feeling of doing good.
Lois Paula Riturban: Welcome to Kindness Moves, a podcast brought to you by the INC Giving project. We're your hosts LP, and Nan. Now we've discussed together and with our guests the importance of kindness, its benefits, how we can share it with others, but today, we'll turn the tables actually and talk about receiving kindness. Now what happens when we are the recipient? What can taking a chance on kindness do for us?
Nan Zapanta: Yeah you know, that's a great question LP. You know, sometimes, especially these days, when someone's kind towards another person, there's a little bit of skepticism right? From those at uh receive, are on the receiving end of kindness. Some might even ask, you know, “What's the catch? Like, what, what are you doing? Why are you being so nice to me?” So that kind of skepticism can lead to someone maybe passing up on a helpful or even positive experience and maybe a life changing one too. So, on one hand, I don't blame them. We live in unusual times. So that degree of skepticism is understandable. But on the other hand, you might be passing up on a great opportunity if you ignore that act of kindness, right?
Lois Paula Riturban: Right. And I guess it depends on what the act of kindness is, you know the context of it all. But yes, you never know what an act of kindness can really lead to. So today, we'll hear from a woman who actually took that chance on kindness during a ride home from work. So let's welcome everyone to the show Teresa Rios from California. Hello.
Nan Zapanta: Hi, Teresa.
Teresa Rios: Hey.
Nan Zapanta: There you are.
Lois Paula Riturban: Thanks for joining us today. Hi.
Teresa Rios: Hi. How are you doing?
Nan Zapanta: Doing well, doing well. We're super happy to have you here. We've heard your story on “Stories Of Faith” and we've heard so much about you. So you know, as, as you know, today, we're talking about taking a chance on kindness. So let's just go ahead and jump right in and let's start from the beginning. Can you tell us a little bit about your background, like your childhood or maybe what your biggest influences were when it came to your outlook on kindness?
Teresa Rios: Where do I start?
Lois Paula Riturban: That’s a lot. That's a loaded question.
Nan Zapanta: I know it's a lot, right?
Teresa Rios: My childhood, my parents, they split up when I was seven. So mostly it was my mother that raised me and–inspiration for kindness, I mostly got from the strength my mother had in raising a child on her own. I felt like it really taught me a lot on how life really does give you obstacles to face and it just depends on how you choose to face it.
Nan Zapanta: Right, right. I mean, all of us, right, we face different challenges, but I think at a young age, you know those challenges kind of shape exactly who we are and just how we, we see things so yeah, it's definitely something significant,
How An Unexpected Friendship Changed My Life
Lois Paula Riturban: Whether you're hoping to heal the world or heal yourself, this podcast is here for you to highlight how kindness moves.
Nan Zapanta: Moves you to take action, yourself, or just makes you feel something so good, it's contagious. You might have been touched by a simple act of kindness. You might want tips on how you can act now in your own community or you just love the feeling of doing good.
Lois Paula Riturban: Welcome to Kindness Moves, a podcast brought to you by the INC Giving project. We're your hosts LP, and Nan. Now we've discussed together and with our guests the importance of kindness, its benefits, how we can share it with others, but today, we'll turn the tables actually and talk about receiving kindness. Now what happens when we are the recipient? What can taking a chance on kindness do for us?
Nan Zapanta: Yeah you know, that's a great question LP. You know, sometimes, especially these days, when someone's kind towards another person, there's a little bit of skepticism right? From those at uh receive, are on the receiving end of kindness. Some might even ask, you know, “What's the catch? Like, what, what are you doing? Why are you being so nice to me?” So that kind of skepticism can lead to someone maybe passing up on a helpful or even positive experience and maybe a life changing one too. So, on one hand, I don't blame them. We live in unusual times. So that degree of skepticism is understandable. But on the other hand, you might be passing up on a great opportunity if you ignore that act of kindness, right?
Lois Paula Riturban: Right. And I guess it depends on what the act of kindness is, you know the context of it all. But yes, you never know what an act of kindness can really lead to. So today, we'll hear from a woman who actually took that chance on kindness during a ride home from work. So let's welcome everyone to the show Teresa Rios from California. Hello.
Nan Zapanta: Hi, Teresa.
Teresa Rios: Hey.
Nan Zapanta: There you are.
Lois Paula Riturban: Thanks for joining us today. Hi.
Teresa Rios: Hi. How are you doing?
Nan Zapanta: Doing well, doing well. We're super happy to have you here. We've heard your story on “Stories Of Faith” and we've heard so much about you. So you know, as, as you know, today, we're talking about taking a chance on kindness. So let's just go ahead and jump right in and let's start from the beginning. Can you tell us a little bit about your background, like your childhood or maybe what your biggest influences were when it came to your outlook on kindness?
Teresa Rios: Where do I start?
Lois Paula Riturban: That’s a lot. That's a loaded question.
Nan Zapanta: I know it's a lot, right?
Teresa Rios: My childhood, my parents, they split up when I was seven. So mostly it was my mother that raised me and–inspiration for kindness, I mostly got from the strength my mother had in raising a child on her own. I felt like it really taught me a lot on how life really does give you obstacles to face and it just depends on how you choose to face it.
Nan Zapanta: Right, right. I mean, all of us, right, we face different challenges, but I think at a young age, you know those challenges kind of shape exactly who we are and just how we, we see things so yeah, it's definitely something significant,
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