There's A Reason The Exodus

Love Is A Story We Tell With Another Person. It's Cocreation Through Conarration. When You Hit Bumps In The Road And Challenges, You Write A New Chapter In Your Story Together. Love Is The Constant Act Of Revising And Retelling Your Own Story In Real Time. You Don't Do It By Yourself. You Do It With Someone Else. The Only Way You Do That Is To Talk To Each Other And Create A Shared Narrative.

One Of The Things I've Learned Is To Be Much More Open About My Frailties And About Our Failures, Because When You Show Your Kids How You Can Resolve Conflict In Your Life In Real Time, You're Giving Them Confidence That When They Have Conflicts, They Can Push Through Them.

There Is Profundity To Explore, But Also Laundry To Do.

Social Media Is Fine, But We Need To Put The Phones Down And Look Somebody In The Eye. Talk To Your Neighbor. Talk To Your Community. Especially Talk To The One You Love. It's All About Connection. It's Hard, But It's Ultimately What Gives Us Meaning In The World.

Decades Of Research Have Shown That Most Happy Families Communicate Effectively. But Talking Doesn't Mean Simply 'talking Through Problems,' As Important As That Is. Talking Also Means Telling A Positive Story About Yourselves.