Man In The Mirror

Some days ago, I was listening to the song "Man In The Mirror" by Micheal Jackson and it was basically saying that if you want a change to happen around you, it has to start with you making a change to yourself in favor of making this change around you, for example, one who wishes to stop corruption around him would be required to live a lifestyle free of corruption, because he is standing for something and he has to stand without wavering, even the bible says that it is either you are hot or cold, if you are Lukewarm, God would spit you out... but that isn't where I'm heading to.
As it would be, around the same time, I happened to be reading a book; "The five love languages" by Gary Chapman and he said something in his book; that you need to give your love to get love back... and it's even said that a giver of a thing can never lack that thing.
All of this made me remember a few weeks ago while I was in a meeting and the speaker was talking about leaving your comfort zone and she said that for you to get a different result in something, you have to change your mentality towards it.
My point is this, If you do not like the relationship you have with a person, change your mentality. If you are in a situation where there is no love between you and someone, then rather than wait for the change, be the change. If you're a man who is in love with a woman and you sit and wait for years for something to happen, rather than making it happen, sorry, not going to work, you have to take the initiative and make your feelings known and take steps to secure her heart, because she isn't going to get up one day and say "marry me" out of the blues. If you're someone with a terrible relationship with your parents, and you wish it were better, then take the first step and show them love and hope and pray that they will learn to do the same. If you're a parent with a troubled child and in your bid to help this child, he/she isn't receptive, work a better angle, with love and put more effort into it, and pray for the best.
Basically, if you love someone and you dislike the state of your relationship with said individual, then you have to take steps to change the state of that relationship, or the status, as the case may be. Express your love to your loved ones freely. You may have to leave your comfort zone and do or say things you are not exactly at ease with, but it's a small price to pay to have better relationships with loved ones. So take the initiative, give your love freely and leave your comfort zone and I believe that you will find all your relationships to be full of joy and happiness