Refrigerator Rights
Creating Connections & Restoring Relationships
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WHAT ARE REFRIGERATOR RIGHTS?
How many people do you know that can open your refirgerator without asking permission? Presumably this would include those who live with you. But are there others?
Among your friends and acquaintences, how many are so at home when in your home that they too can raid your fridge without asking first?
And when you are in their home, do you need to be invited or can you help yourself to their refrigerator?
The people in your life with whom you share refrigerator privileges are different than casual friendships. They are people who have essentially become family to you.
These are your Refrigerator Rights relationships!
WHY ARE THESE RELATIONSHIPS IMPORTANT?
Over the past several generations we have become increasingly independent and individualistic. The research shows that many of us are living away from our birthplace and our family of origin. We may have lots of friends and acquaintences but have fewer relatives in our daily life.
By any measure having a strong social support system is a critical resource for healthy living. Research abounds testifying to the need for close relationships to keep our mood buoyant through the uncertainties of human living. Refrigerator Rights relationships give us practical and emotional resources that casual friends cannot offer. Our psychological well-being depends on having strong social support.
Friends can give you affirmation and offer critiques. But neither their positive nor critical feedback feels the same as the feedback offered by those who love and care about you. We learn from others when we feel safe in their presence.
Your psychological well being depends on these relationships?
HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS PREDICAMENT?
Two facts about modern American are revealing:
1. Americans relocate every five years. In 2005, 45 million moved
2. We are watching over 24 hours of television each week
Joining these facts together, it's evident that the lifestyle of millions of Americans has become socially isolated, even as we become super-connected to the larger world through electronic media. It is ironic that many Americans can describe the kitchens of sitcom characters more accurately than the people who actually live nearby.
When combining relocating and giving hours every week to television and the Internet, we have become detached from the people who surround us every day. And yet we hold strong emotional ties to family and friends who live far away.
You may have a lot of Refrigerator Rights relationships - but do these people live nearby? Do you see them every day or every week? If you are typical, the answer is no!
What are you doing to replace these missing relationships?
REFRIGERATOR RIGHTS: THE BOOK
In response to the pscyhological predicament of so many isolated people, the message of Refrigerator Rights brings a strong argument about the need for a socially connnected lifestyle.
Refrigerator Rights: Creating Connections and Restoring Relationships is a compelling and persuasive argument that offers a life-changing message for everyone who has drifted away from family and caring relaationships.
The book will convince you that the answer to many of the stress symptoms you experience in life is found in absorbing the message of Refrigerator Rights.
YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO READ
REFRIGERATOR RIGHTS
CREATING CONNECTIONS & RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS
Dr. Glenn Sparks
