1% Thursday: The Love Challenge

We just survived a time of year when many people celebrate love … especially romantic love, though of course the store displays and commercials assure us that we can buy something for other people we love as well.  🙂

But what really happened this year?  Did you just give the day a sad thought, and then ignore it?  Did you protest?  Did you survive it by actually remembering to get your spouse something?

But wait… did you actually tell someone you love them?  And mean it?

This may seem like an odd topic for 1% Thursday, until you realize how important loving relationships are.  Especially to those with chronic illness.  They’re critical in fact.

Now, here’s what I want you to do – tell someone you love them, and mean it.  That’s all.

Now, if there’s no one you can think of that fits the bill – father, mother, boyfriend, friend, and so on and so on … then it’s time to do some evaluating.  And guess what – not only do you need relationships like that, someone needs you.  That’s right, with all your weaknesses and frustrations, you can still help someone else.  And in helping, you may find you’re helped as well.

Perhaps you can think of someone, but saying "I love you" is hard.  Why?  Has there been a break in the relationship?  Or maybe you’ve just stopped reaching out.

Saying I love you can mean a lot to someone else, and it can do a lot for you too.  It can be scary, it can be wonderful, and it can be normal and everyday.  And maintaining — or maybe creating for the first time — those relationships, can make a huge difference in ways you never expected.

What is 1% Thursday?

Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better.  Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge.  Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!