Good morning! There will be green eggs and ham with today's lemons. To celebrate Dr Suess's Birthday and his passion for reading and teaching children to read, I will be reading The Lorax to a group of four and five year olds at my daughter's school. I think I'm more excited than they are! The Relax office will be closed today to devote my time to my daughter. Tomorrow is also her birthday, so when I close the office door this morning, it is my goal to leave it closed until Saturday. It's a vacation - love it! (I may sneak down to blog about the reading experience or to share with you my thoughts/feelings after the birthday party tomorrow - 20 children under the age of 6...pray for me, please!)
Today's post title is inspired by the fabulous song that is likely going through your head right now "I still belong, don't get me wrong, you can speak your mind but not on my time...you can live your life, but this is my life..."etc... The topic however is inspired by a dear friend who recently said to me "why is it so hard for people to be real and have a conversation about things they disagree with?" I've been thinking about that queestion and the conversation that it inspired - what she was really talking about is feedback. Why is it so difficult to tell someone that you'd like them to do something differently? We beat around the bush, and sometimes never say what's on our mind. Isn't this really the rooot cause of relationship problems? The cause of dating mis-haps, family arguements, and the underlying issue that often results in anger and fighting? Before you answer, let me toss out some scenarios: 1) You're dating someone ...
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