All families are dysfunctional – just some more than others.

And families can be more than genetically related people.  There are work families and social families.

And extended family.

I am closest to my dearest friend than I am to my biological siblings.  Perhaps you can relate to that.

The road to life is always under construction.

• Be a good communicator and my definition of a good communicator is a person who not only delivers a message but makes double sure that it was received as delivered.
• Be aware of the difference between fact and assumption.  Fact can be observed and verified and assumptions cannot not.  Unfortunately, most interpersonal relationship problems are based on assumptions about things – not the facts as they are.
• Forgive but don’t forget.  There is great benefit to remembering how we have been hurt but there is no benefit to carrying around the vitriol and anger that makes us someone we don’t want to be.
• Sometimes major differences in values even among close family members cannot be reconciled. The healthy way forward is to let that person go and hope for the best or if you are religious, pray for them.

Nothing can stand in the way of two people who desire a healthy relationship, but it takes courage to reassess what you need and what you can give in return to others.

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