Catch A Loved One Acting Good Every Day

How many times do we see the bad things that happen in our world but overlook the good?

We see the empty glass of milk that our child has been left on the table. But we fail to see the reality that all the milk was ingested and will be working to improve their health.

We see the tiny flaws in a project that was performed with love by our child but do not acknowledge the exertion that was put into the end result.

Why do these things happen? How can it be that we continually hurt the ones we love the most?

Some will allege that it is because we are trying to help them. We're just attempting to protect them from the world that they will encounter down the road.

As for me, I would much rather experience the loving touch, hear the heartfelt laughter or view the adoring glance than the 'constructive criticism'.

It may be suggested that without this hard training we would certainly fail when we enter the cold cruel world.

But, isn't it better to know that you have a safe place to retire to when the going gets rough than to be hesitant to ask your loved ones for help?

Here are a few suggestions that will help you produce a safe environment for your loved ones: 1. Use a pleased tone of voice when receiving a telephone call from your other half, instead of an displeased tone or a rushed pace that indicates the partner's call has interrupted important tasks (and inferring that they are less important) 2. Ask about the dentist appointments or other details of the other person's day 3. Put down the remote control, newspaper, or telephone as the other partner comes thru the door 4. Arriving home at the promised time - or at least calling if there is a delay

What these acts will do is help you show the other person that they are important to you. That they do count.

All this boils down to is the fact that we need to honor our loved ones doing something good each and every day. There are forever people out there waiting to tell them when and how they messed up.

If we abide by Mohandas Gandhi's statement, 'Be the change that you want to see in the world', our world will get a little bit better each day.