The one minute script for Mark Gregston's "Parenting Today's Teens" has a wonderful message to parents. With a few minor changes, it has even broader impact for all of us. Here's how I read it:
Much is being said today about the economy and the need to save money, but let me ask this…what is your relational savings account looking like?
Having a solid relationship with others is like making deposits to a savings account. You add to it every time you give of your time, energy and wisdom. In the future your investment in people’s lives will compound in the form of responsibility, maturity, and mutual respect.
People who invest themselves in a relational savings plan have something to draw upon when tough times come. So think about that when you plan your week. Find time to invest this week, one-on-one, in your relationships.
I'd like to make a deposit please...
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