My desire is to have a spiritual partnership, not only with myself, but with my spouse and our children. To me, a spiritual partnership is thriving when we are present, awake, and alive with our loved ones. Here is how I am practicing this by:
- putting electronics away when loved ones are with me
- pausing before I speak
- listening – feet planted, eyes on them without contemplating a self-righteous reply
- seeing their souls more than their personalities
- looking for what is right, not wrong
- enjoying simple pleasures with them – time in nature, playing with our dogs, eating clean food, praying
- daily silence so I can remember the above