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We're In A Hyper-connected World, And There's A Crisis Of Connection. The First Thing That God Says About Woman And Man In The Bible Is That It's Not Right For Humans To Be Alone. Social Media Interaction Cannot Take The Place Of Face-to-face Interaction. If Anything, It Prevents Us From Doing That. We're Staring Into Our Screens For So Long That We're Forgetting To Look At The People Directly In Front Of Us.

The Most Successful Families Embrace And Elevate Their Family History, Particularly Their Failures, Setbacks And Other Missteps.

Social Media Is Fine, But We Need To Put The Phones Down And Look Somebody In The Eye. Talk To Your Neighbor. Talk To Your Community. Especially Talk To The One You Love. It's All About Connection. It's Hard, But It's Ultimately What Gives Us Meaning In The World.

Take A Walk With A Turtle. And Behold The World In Pause.

The Bottom Line: If You Want A Happier Family, Bring Those Skeletons Out Of The Closet.