“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west –
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
••Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We often think that we don’t have to treat those who are close to us as well because they are going to stay with us anyway.
Unfortunately, we are often not our best selves, but rather our worst selves with them. Let’s try to treat our closest friends and family like the most important people in the world because they are.
