TOUCH

One person to another, skin to skin.  A mother and her baby, a father and his child,  two friends, two relatives, two strangers, two on a date, two lovers, a husband and a wife.  We all need to touch and be touched. A high five, a fist bump, shake hands, an arm around a shoulder, a pat on the back, walk arm in arm, hold hands, dance, hug, kiss, cuddle, embrace, make love.      

                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

TALK TIME

 What you choose to talk about shows what your mind thinks about.  Consider what you talk about: information about yourself, obtaining information about others, your opinions and beliefs, the situations in your family, local and world events, your past, present, and future.  The list is endless.

Consider what you talk about and why plus what portion of your time is spent on certain topics.  Much talk is about the present and planning for the immediate future.  Think about how often you refer to the past, comparing it to the present.  In a conversation, try to learn about the other person as much as you talk about yourself.  

Talk and listen.  Learn how to help yourself and others through good conversation.       

ENDINGS and BEGINNINGS

 Funerals and weddings, farewells and beginnings, are also times of families together and celebration. As we meet to honor the departed, grandchildren say goodby to grandparents.  Sons and daughters say goodby to parents.  Wives and husbands say goodby to spouses.  While funerals are sad, good memories of a life well-lived are shared.

As couples join together, weddings are happy with families looking forward to years of  creating memories in the future. Two families join together and create mothers- and fathers-in-law, brothers- and sisters-in-law.   Both families look forward to the possibility of the addition of children in the future.

Endings and beginnings create the cycle of life.