What can you do to make your home a more pleasant place to be?
A healthy home is a place of nurturing and support a safe harbor in the storm of life. A child can come to this home after a stressful day at school to find warmth love and compassion. A spouse can return from his or her outside activities to this place of ease and renewal. All members of the nuclear and extended family can enter these doors expecting to find acceptance good humor and care.
Where is this home? Not at my house.
At my house we’re all fighting. The air is heavy with tension. We pick on each other. No one is safe from criticism blame and judgment; reprimand and punishment are served with every meal. Our headaches stomachaches and muscle pains tell the story of our toxic relationships. With all this going on inside our walls there’s no one to talk to about our experiences outside — we are ignored mocked or even attacked when we attempt to share the challenges of our day. There is no one to turn to. Consequently we are vulnerable to stress every small wind licking away at our exposed hearts. Tired and lonely we long for what we will never find in our home.
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