"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished...
~Lee Iacocca, Automobile Manufacturing Executive

Good morning!  Take Lee Iacocca's words to heart and turn today into a day to express love and appreciation for your family and close friends.

Say "I love you" out loud, rather than just thinking it. When given the chance, be an attentive listener, put down your magazine or turn off the TV and/ or computer screen while the person is talking to you. Make time to sit down and engage in conversation--actual sentences back and forth--not grunts and nods as you, or they, dash out the door or look back over a shoulder. Make eye contact. Tell a joke. Make yourself and those around you laugh. Have fun. Be a kid again. Lighten-up! Give yourself a compliment, or two or three.

Your turn:
Today, treat saying "I love you" and expressing appreciation to your friends and family members as the most important job and priority on earth. After all -- it very well may be.

Your affirmation:
I take advantage of every opportunity to express appreciation and love to those I care for.

Challenge Life!

Brook Noel