Be Nurturing to Others

Some people tend to kick others when they’re down.

Sometimes that’s how we treat ourselves. Confrontation, honesty, even tough love, can go a long way in cementing solid relationships. All these things go even further if they’re delivered in a nurturing way.

Application: The best time to nurture is when people are down: blue, scared, sick, hurt, stressed, or depressed. Sometimes it’s fun to be nurturing for no reason at all, other than it makes other people feel good. The nurturer also ends up feeling better.From the desk of Melody BeattieOriginally posted March 21, 2015