Relationship Advice

tconnor · 04-05-2007, 05:39 PM

Relationship Tip #30
Keep in Touch

Let’s do lunch some day. Never happens. Let’s get together when you are in town. Never happens. Sound familiar? It is said thousands of times a day by well meaning people but who never follow through.

Why is it that people fail to keep in touch with friends, family, clients, offspring or business aquaintenances?

In this fast paced world with everyone having more on their plate than they can accomplish in a day it is easy to put the important people in your life on the back burner. Each of us has more than enough excuses for not calling, writing, or visiting. Quality time for many people in their relationships is a thing of the past. We seem to keep all the “STUFF” of life on the front burner.

No one when they are on their death bed is going to say I should have worker harder, accomplished more, or kept busier. However many people will admit they wish they had spent more time with friends or love ones.

Is there someone you need to call, write or visit today? Don’t put it off. You won’t have them forever and you won’t be here forever. Don’t wait. Do it now. Take the time to tell people you care, love them, and miss them. Better still, spend time with them.

I guarantee there is someone who would love to hear from you, needs to hear from you or feels slighted because they haven’t heard from you.

Why not get in the habit of contacting a few people every day. Devote at least ten minutes a day, that’s not really much, reaching out for those special people in your life. Even an E Mail note is better than nothing. Although, these lack that special ability to connect heart to heart.

Relationships are what matter today, not keeping your in-basket empty.

Make a list of all the special people in your life and make it a point to call three of them every day. Visit at least one every week and write to ten of them every month. All together this will take very little time away from all of the items on today’s TO DO list.

They will appreciate it, you will feel better and you won’t lose touch with the people in your life. There isn’t one valid excuse for not keeping in touch.