Today is Reconciliation Day

Each year, April 2 is recognized as Reconciliation Day.   The idea was launched by Ann Landers, the late advice columnist, who saw that mending fences — even if those fences had been broken for a long time — could be a good thing for those involved. Even a long-standing conflict can be resolved, directly or with the help of a mediator.

Her successors explain the idea in today’s Annie’s Mailbox: “Dear Readers: We are carrying on Ann Landers’ tradition that April 2 be set aside as Reconciliation Day, a time to make the first move toward mending broken relationships. It also would be the day on which we agree to accept the olive branch extended by a former friend or estranged family member and do our best to start over.”

It’s a wonderful tradition to continue.

 

 


Posted in Conflict Resolution in the News, Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

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