RULE 74
Never be too busy for loved ones
It is very easy in the rush of living to overlook people close to us. I do it. I have brothers who are very special, very close to me and I forget to phone, forget to stay in touch. Not because I don’t care but because I am too busy. Unforgivable. Every now and then I’ll complain that I haven’t heard from them. But of course it is me not staying in touch just as much as it is them. We have to make time, because if we don’t, time slips past so fast that a few weeks become months, and then years are added on before we know it.
It’s the same with children. Parents all harbour a secret fantasy of, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to return to the Victorian ideal of seeing them for an hour before bedtime when nanny has ...
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