Start With Yourself

Life is hard. I don’t think this is a new concept to any of you out there. Families can sometimes be the cause and other times be part of the cure. One of the hardest things about life is other people. We have to learn how to work with others in all aspects of life. Families are a great place to practice these skills. The family will be put into situations of great stress. There will be times when it will be hard for the parents to see how they can make ends meet or there can be times when a parent and a child just can seem to see eye to eye. When dealing with things like this the first thing we need to remember is that we can’t change other people, we can change ourselves and what we think and feel. When those times in life come that seem to be really difficult I want you to first remember this will take time. Rome wasn’t built in a day and a new mindset won’t be either. One thing that always helps me when dealing with other people is to look at them and focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses. Focusing on the positive makes things so much better. People will always be doing things you wouldn’t or in a way that is different than you would. My advice to you would be to talk things out with people in an open and loving way. Start and end with love. If you go into a situation saying you do this and you do that and I’m in the right here, how open do you think the other person will be to changing. If you go into the situation saying here is what I am working on and I want to make this work and I care about you and our relationship. Start with yourself and things will be better.