Matthew McConaughey won an Academy Award for Best Actor in
2014. According to Wikipedia, he has won or been nominated for nearly ninety
other awards during his acting career.
Now we can add Bingo player to the list.
McConaughey recently joined residents of Enclave at Round Rock Senior Living in Texas for game night over Zoom. He was joined by his wife, Camila Alves, two of their three children, and his mom.
In a video posted by the facility, McConaughey can be heard
calling out numbers as two seniors say they have bingo.
“Thank you to Matthew, his wife Camila, and his mom Kay
for hosting our residents for a few rounds of virtual bingo!” a post on
Enclave’s Facebook reads. “Our residents had a great time playing, and
they loved talking with Matthew about his family heritage and his favorite
drink.”
An executive with the retirement company told Good Morning America over email, “The generosity and kindness Matthew McConaughey and his family showed our residents was beautiful, but more importantly we were gifted with a humble message from his heart. And for that, we will be forever grateful.”
One of the reasons McConaughey can make such a difference in
the lives of these seniors is that he understands and embraces his cultural
influence. If I offered to play bingo with them, I doubt they would be so
excited.
We cannot give what we do not possess. If we have joy, we
can share joy. If we are encouraged, we can encourage others.
You are someone to someone
At this point, it’s important to embrace the biblical view
of humility. Not thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less, as
Rick Warren noted. And of God and others more.
Consider this reflection from Henri Nouwen: “For a very
long time I considered low self-esteem to be some kind of virtue. I had been
warned so often against pride and conceit that I came to consider it a good
thing to depreciate myself.
“But now I realize that the real…
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