Communication. This can be one of the most difficult skills to master. Few of us ever do. And the important thing is to keep working at it. This post doesn't really relate to network marketing directly, but you can use some of what is in it to help you with your business. And more importantly, your life.

About a month ago, my Mom suffered a massive brain aneurysm. She was rushed to a local hospital, and quickly transferred to a much larger hospital with more specialized care in Boston. After arriving there, she then underwent emergency brain surgery (who knew there was such a thing?). After an agonizing 6+ hours, my sister and I found out she was "OK", meaning she was still alive. She has since then been in a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, where she has yet to regain consciousness.

Undoubtedly many parents and children have communication problems. Maybe it's a "generation gap". Or the parent's desire to have the child pursue a certain profession that the child has no interest in Or maybe it's just poor communication skills. Whatever the case, there is often a rift between parents and children. Or between siblings or other family members. Or between friends or some one else that we care about. We all have our own situations where things aren't said, or they're said badly. And that is really what this post is all about. It's about "seizing the day" so to speak and telling your loved ones what they mean to you.
I didn't take that opportunity with my Mom. I never told her as an adult how much she influenced me. How, despite everything that happened as a kid and young adult, she has a tremendous impact on who I am now and who I continue to become, and on the values that I hold. Well, that's not entirely true. I told her a week or so ago, as she lay unconscious in a hospital room in Boston. I don't know how much of it, if any, she heard. And I really don't know if I'll ever get the chance to tell her and have her know I'm telling her. And that's why I've shared this story with you..

Now I understand that we all have rifts in our relationships sometimes. After all, we're only human. But it's important to make sure that those rifts get closed as much as possible. Because once someone is gone, they're gone. There's no second chance to make sure that they knew how you really felt about them, how much you cared about them. It really is now or never. Because anything can happen at any time. And we can't ever get that opportunity to communicate back.

So go do it. Now. Pick up the phone. Drive across town. Do what ever you have to do to make sure that you're able to communicate what you feel with those people in your life that you care about. If you think it's not important, imagine NEVER being able to talk to that person again. EVER. Now go do it. It really is now or never.