The Classic Pamela Positive: “A Smile Is a Blessing” – Mpho Tutu

“A smile is a blessing…It really doesn’t take that much to live into our blessing and make the world better for each person we encounter during our day.”

－Mpho Tutu

This quote is from Mpho Tutu, the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and an ordained minister herself.

She was quoted in the Christian Science Sentinel, in an article discussing her and her father’s new book, Made for Goodness. She also said that they hope the book will help people to “recognize in themselves their own innate goodness.”

How can we each be a blessing to another person today?

How can you share your goodness today?

How can you share your smile?

It\’s really a life calling to spread our innate goodness ― and it\’s infinite.

The Reverend Mpho A. Tutu, an Episcopal priest, is the founder and Executive Director of the Tutu Institute for Prayer & Pilgrimage. Ms. Tutu has run ministries for children in the downtown Worcester, Massachusetts; for rape survivors in Grahamstown, SA; and for refugees from South Africa and Namibia at the Phelps Stokes Fund in New York City. She earned her MDiv from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and began her ordained ministry at Historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia. Ms. Tutu is married to Joseph Burris; they have two daughters, Nyaniso and Onalenna.

Bio Source: The Tutu Institute for Prayer & Pilgrimage Official Website
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