While on vacation, you're sitting on the beach and watching your kids play in the water. Everyone is smiling and full of sun. You tell yourself "I have a wonderful family here." We're doing okay."
You have another thought. You recall the times you spent on family vacations as a child and how much fun you had. Your parents divorced and you and sister stopped talking. The good times spent by the sea did not foretell good times to come.
Usually, we take stock at important moments of time. Sometimes, we take stock of the state of something at a significant moment. They can also be crises or emergencies where we see how a group pulls together (or not).
You can learn a lot from these peaks and troughs. The more mundane moments of life can provide a better gauge of your health.
You and your wife may be feeling renewed excitement on your Barcelona trip, but do you feel the same on a weekday evening at work?
Your church did a great job supporting a grieving parishioner. But how many people attend regular Sunday services?
How are people doing in the midst of their everyday routines?
The little habits we have every day are what determine the course of our future. How you behave in everyday interactions can predict the future of a relationship. You can use your Tuesday morning performance as a predictor of the future.
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