"Try Blessing Each Other"

It might sound corny, but you might want to consider the idea of blessing each other.

Maybe it would be easier first to think about blessing your children. We wish blessings for them. We hope they will be happy, we hope they will be successful, we hope they will find love, and meaning, and comfort and peace. These are some of the blessings of life.

We can say these things to them. All the way from lullabies to toasts at weddings: we wish them the best, and we hope that the world blesses them with riches and meaning and things of inner and outer value.

So to bless them is to say, "As much as it is in my power to give this to you, I want you to have it. And as much as it is beyond my power to give this to you, I still want you to have it. As much as I can influence fate or destiny or the divine, I would like to, so that you can have these blessings.

So, now try the same thing with your spouse or partner. Think about blessing them. Think about wanting them to have inner and outer peace, inner and outer beauty, inner and outer wealth, inner and outer happiness, etc. Think about wanting to give it to them, as much as it’s in your power to do so. Think about wishing it for them, and trying to send it to them even when it’s beyond your power to do so.

That’s blessing them.

Not a bad idea.