Do good even when you don’t know who benefits

A friend taught me a new phrase in Spanish. It goes like this: Haz el bien sin mirar a quien.

It roughly translates to do good without seeing who is benefitting. I love it and I’ve been seeing a lot of that in practice lately.

I saw it when a friend named Sarita posted on her Facebook account that she would make free face masks for anyone who needed them in the community. Hundreds of requests later, she’s busy cutting and sewing, sending them out across our region, and trying to meet a desperate and unexpected need.

Sarita doesn’t know whose faces will end up wearing them. She is practicing Haz el bien sin mirar a quien.

I saw it when a community member starting a Facebook Group for anyone to post the needs of individuals or families. People quickly joined and answered the call. Within 24 hours, toilet paper and food were being delivered to strangers’ homes. People were doing good without knowing who was benefitting.

I saw it when a local communications company quickly created free wifi spot areas throughout a four-county area. There was a need to give others internet access for homework or to do business. The company employees will never know who ended up using their service in this time of need. They decided that an important necessity of the community should be…