The Power Of Consistency

6. Start writing letters to your children, your spouse, your parents or anyone of significance (birthday letters especially) Does anybody write anymore? The obvious answer is yes of course. But most of the time the writing is done with the use of email or texting, and that’s okay really. We are in the communication era so the use of computers, phones, texting, and emails is all right with me. But, when birthdays and important holidays roll around the first thing we do is run out and spend between $5 and $10 on a greeting card that says things that have nothing to do with the relationship that exists between you and the person you are giving the card to.

Greeting cards are nothing more than an obligatory expression that communicates to the person that you didn’t forget their birthday or that you were important enough to receive a family greeting card around the holidays; greeting cards from a group of people that you haven’t seen all year or worse yet you might not even like.

My response to all this is to write letters. Oh, I use the computer but it’s my thoughts and my expression of love and appreciation to the people that mean the most to me. My wife and my children are first on that list. I started doing this probably 15 years ago. It never really dawned on me what it meant to the people who received the letter. My list has expanded a bit but rest assured once it starts it won’t stop. You will receive a letter from me on your birthday and during the holiday season. (For me that’s Christmas) I use the letter to my children as a kind of year end summary and recognize their achievement and express my joy for who they are and how they have grown during the year. This has become part of my legacy and is something that I am very proud of; proud not in a