When a family wants to love each other better

That a family would come together to love each other better is itself an act of love. Love is shown in attention, not just felt — families often love deeply and fail to make it felt, assuming it is understood without being shown, so practice showing your love in attention, words, and acts, for a family where love is felt but never shown can feel strangely cold despite the underlying love. Really see and know each other, beyond the roles — we stop truly seeing each other, relating to roles and old fixed images, so get curious about who each person actually is now, seeing the people behind the familiar roles, which is a love families often neglect. And repair the old hurts that block the love — the accumulated grudges and unspoken wounds silently dam the love, so tend them gently, acknowledging what went unspoken and forgiving where possible, clearing what keeps the love from flowing freely. Make the love shown, the people seen, and the hurts repaired. What keeps your family from loving each other as well as you'd like?