Roses! Chocolate! Cards!

These are the stuff we can give to our spouse, lover, kids, friends, even stranger, to show our token of love and affection. Thank God that we still have the ability to love despite the ever increasing hatred, resentment, and selfishness in the world we live in.

Yet, more than just stuff, we need to walk in love every single day. We’re busy, we’re overwhelmed, we’re burnt out, yet when we regularly give love, we will receive love. And that really helps in defusing any tension we are going through.

The best place to start is our own family.

In our busyness (or business), we tend to go overdrive and make sure our daily to-do list is being completed. We strive to achieve bigger and better results yet sometimes at the expense of the most important thing and the very reason we do our best to succeed in business in the first place: our loved ones.

So, start today!

Here are some simple suggestions:

1. Set aside a special, uninterrupted time for you and your spouse or partner every other week, or even weekly. Have a good dinner or watch a movie at the theater.
2. Take your family and drive to an outdoor setting with lots of green and water. Beach, mountain, lakeside or countryside are good places to go. Don’t travel too far. Find a place one or two hours drive from your home.
3. Play sports, board games or family oriented video games with your kids. You don’t realize how they will appreciate even two or three rounds spent just with them. No phone calls.
4. Find some projects around the house where everybody has their own part to complete. Have a reward for everyone at the end of the day.
5. Have a memorable conversation with one family member at a time. Take one of your kids today, go to Starbucks, and just talk.
6. Mail a card to your spouse’s work place to surprise him or her. Or, better yet, make a simple video card (like the one below) and email it to them or tag it to their Facebook profile.

What are some of the things you do in your own family? Leave a comment (or two). I’d love hear it.

Enjoy your day!

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