If You Broke It, Mend It
By Jenette K. Rotatori-Zubero

 She had prayed to God to bring the family back together, to forgive each other for harsh words spoken, and to help each of them let go of their hurt feelings.

A few issues back, I wrote about a client that has problems with her in-laws. To refresh your memory, there had been a blowout at a party she had thrown and ever since that day, my client and her in-laws have had a very rocky relationship.

I knew she was to spend Thanksgiving Day with her in-laws, so I made it a point to ask her how the day had gone.

She recapped all the work she had done to repair the relationship with her husband's family. She had prayed to God to bring the family back together, to forgive each other for harsh words spoken, and to help each of them let go of their hurt feelings. She had kept her silence during times of conflict so as not to fuel any further bad feelings. She had made sure to give each family member a big kiss and hug when she saw them.

But mostly she prayed.

''Yesterday'', she said, went well. Although there is still some tension in the air, the family was able to sit down to a lovely dinner, hold conversation without throwing seething looks, and laugh and smile over old family memories. ''It was nice'', she said.

It was wonderful to hear her speak so positively about her in-laws this morning. She had come from a place of complete loss with them and had FOUND A WAY to start the healing within her family. She had taken a situation that she thought would only be healed by time, and had FOUND A WAY to heal it NOW.

What is broken in your life? A relationship? A friendship? A dispute with a sibling? What are you waiting for to fix it? Time may be a cure for wounds, but wouldn't it be nice to know that YOU were the reason that a broken trust was glued back together, sanded out, and repainted with brighter, more alive colors? This week, fix just one broken relationship. Make just one offering of peace to someone you miss or to someone you've hurt. It matters not if you were right or wrong in the situation you had, it matters that you found a way to fix something you had part in breaking. Your Coach, Jenette

Lost faith in yourself? Need someone to help you pull the pieces together and move on with your life? Jenette Zubero (jenette@focusedlives.com) is here to help you do just that. Jenette is a strategist and coach who works with people like yourself who want to excel at life through finding solutions to even their toughest challenges. She is the owner of www.FocusedLives.com and www.dreamworkscoach.com.

E-mail: jenette@focusedlives.com
Author's URL: http://www.focusedlives.com

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