During the pandemic, a theater director, Jon Lawrence Rivera had a simple quest to learn how to cook the #filipinodishes his mom Zenaida Rivera made for him and 2 other siblings. Portions were enough to feed 10 folks. So he took a photo of what he cooked with a question, ‘who’s hungry?’ He charged #zero – he instinctively was following his mom’s example of supporting folks and former neighbors in the Philippines with scholarships and more. The beauty of his well intentioned acts of generosity was spontaneously reciprocated with built fencing, garden plots created by friends, surprise grocery drop-offs, patio Christmas lights, vintage finds, fruits from the backyard, and soon, a vibrant network of evolved humanitarians who bump into each other casually seeing plays for 2 decades was now growing into a solid, tight-knit of multicultural Los Angelenos. I have been a volunteer to several organizations nationally, regionally and locally for 4 decades. I am an idealist who believes ‘we are all leaders, we are all teachers and we are all students.” Last night, my dream was actualized before my eyes, wherein anyone steps up to volunteer and to help one another, with diverse ethnicities. It gave me sustained hope and true joy, viewing his Instagram posts. It was meaningful and became my spiritual food weekly. As he channeled his energy and passion to direct theater plays, learned to cook #Filipinocuisine and shared what he cooked with his community of artists, his community of artists were enjoying Filipino food, while new Filipino recipes like vegan sinigang and tofu adobo were created.#free spontaneous #circleoflife and #spontaneously#reciprocated#sowersofgenerosityWith restaurants closed, he kept attracting his theater friends of #actors, #directors, #castingdirectors#stagemanagers#housemanagers#physiciansupporters and even this theater audience member, this grandma. He would even take the time to make contact-less delivery of these food items to house bound friends. It felt like being visited by an #earthangel who genuinely cared about others. Then, a series of four flip_kitchen fundraisers was organized to support Playwrights’ Arena, a live theater non-profit dedicated to showcasing diverse actors, talents and folks who are creating their original plays. I just love meeting this new community of #artistic#creatives who are #humane#generous in sharing #themselves, their #stories#skills and #resources to support a very generous #wholehearted#creative#innovativecommunity and @directorrivera, a #theaterdirector who presented two plays #March and #Waiting to the LA community, following #strict #CoronaVirus protocols. #imaginative #publichealthcompliant #proofofvaccinations #wholesome #authenticfolks #evolvedhumanitarians #generosityofspirit🤗❤️ #lightabounds