Today is new year's eve, and I am sure that many of you are considering what your resolutions for 2014 should be. While most of you will settle in on some time honored classics such as losing weight or being more spontaneous, I would encourage you to put a little more thought and a little more heart into your resolutions this year. Take stock of the most important relationships in your life: your spouse, your children, your parents, and siblings, and determine which are flourishing and which could use some attention. Make this the year that you reconnect with a parent, find common ground with your teenage child, and rekindle the spark in your marriage.
We are all busy, and it can be easy to overlook or take for granted those that actually mean the most to us. It is especially easy to fall into patterns with the people that we know the best - assuming that we know them and that they know us. Don't expect anyone to read your mind. If you feel something is wrong in a relationship - say something - let the other person know how you feel and what you need. You would be surprised by how often the other person had no idea you felt that way. People can only give you what you need if you let them know how.
So take action. Do not wait for the other person to make the first move. Take stock of your relationships, mend those that need mending, and let go of those than can not be repaired. Seek to improve your relationships and 2014 will be your best year yet.
Happy New Year!
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