The gift that everyone wants from you is the gift of your time.

It costs you nothing – no financial expenditure is required of us and yet people don’t just want your time, they crave it.

For children – Be present in the now.  It’s not the hours together, it’s the time you spend 100% present with them.

For older parents – Be there for them – again, by removing distractions and talking one-on-one.  When we die, the last thing we are going to request is that the TV is on in the room and no direct communication is taking place.

For spouses and partners – Recapture the way you felt the first time you realized that you were in love.  That winning formula never goes out of style we just forget to keep doing it.

For people you work with or for —  Be a sounding board.  Do not judge.  Just your ears alone are worth more than any words that come out of your mouth.

And for friends – Be playful and innovative.  As kids that’s how we made friendships and that formula never grows old.  We can have 1,000 Facebook friends, 100 Instagram followers, a whole host of acquaintances  but in life we only have a handful of true friends – people who deeply care about each other – and these people must be cherished.

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