THE DAILY SPARK

Strawberry pastry from BETTY'S Tea Room in York, England Amy Dickinson reflects on lessons learned as she shows herself the door...Find creative ways to express your feelings.Admit to your faults and failings, and resolve to do better.  Ask for forgiveness.Amy Dickinson - has offered advice on her syndicated column, ASK AMY  for more than two decades.  She is leaving this seven-day-a -week commitment - because she wants to.  This is one of several pieces of "final advice" she shares.REFLECTION:Do you express your feelings or are you 'armored up?" How can you creatively express your feelings?Are you willing to admit when you are wrong?Can you ask for forgiveness?These are all tall orders.  Can you practice one or all of these today or over the weekend?

York, England Reserve your harshest judgment.  Sit on your worst thoughts about other people and consider the consequences before expressing them.Amy Dickinson - has offered advice on her syndicated column, ASK AMY for more than two decades. She is leaving this seven-day-a-week commitment - because she want to.  This is one of several pieces of "final advice" she shares. REFLECTION:As humans, we all hold judgments. Is there someone you have a harsh judgment towards now?Have you shared this harsh judgments with another (gossip/water cooler conversations)?Have you expressed harsh judgment toward that person directly?  Were they receptive or did it "put another brick in the wall?"With a judgment you are currently holding, can you think about the consequences of sharing your judgments and its impact on that person before speaking it?Can you bite your tongue and keep it to yourself?

Amy Dickinson reflects on lessons learned as she shows herself the door:LEAD WITH KINDNESS, AND RECOGNIZE KINDNESS WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT.Amy Dickinson - has offered advice on her syndicated column, ASK AMY  for more than two decades.  She is leaving this seven-day-a -week commitment - because she wants to.  This is one of several pieces of "final advice" she shares.REFLECTION:Do you lead with kindness?Do you recognize kindness when it is offered?How do you recognize kindness from others?Do you say Thank You?Is there someone you need to thank today?  DO IT!