Guest Author - Angela England

May 7th- I didn't realize that we had this, until I started researching this article, but May is the Better Hearing and Speech Month. Wow - what a thought provoking thing to think about. In what ways do you need to better what you listen to? In what ways do you need to better what you speak?

May 8th - Here is an interesting quote about listening by Franz Kafka, "You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn to become quiet , and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet." What steps can you take to help you listen more, and quiet yourself?

May 9th - Read over yesterday's quote again. Describe a time when you viewed the world unmasked. Or, if you cannot think of a specific instance, describe a particular situation that you would like to have unmasked for you. Describe what that might look like to you.

May 10th - May is National Family Wellness Month. Describe your family. Would you consider your family traditional? Non-traditional? Large? Small?

May 11th - In what ways is your family a healthy one? What steps do you take on a regular basis to help your family's wellness?

Our family tries to eat dinner together every night. Sometimes my husband's schedule keeps him at work late so I plan a large lunch for us to enjoy together. The kids like being able to connect with us during this time together. We also attend church on a regular basis, which is another thing that brings us together.

May 12th - In what ways does the health of your family need to be improved? Do you need to "detox"? Remove harmful things that have found their way into your family. Or perhaps you need to find a way to reconnect. Sometimes wellness is increased by adding positive things. Sometimes wellness is increased by taking away negative things.

May 13th - "Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation." ~ Margaret Mead. What can you do to reconnect your family with the world around you. Do you feel that this quote accurately reflects the state of your family or do you think that your family is still well-connected. What can you do? What ARE you doing?


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