I started reading Norman Fischer's When You Greet Me I Bow (I think I learned of it from a Ruth Okezi interview). In the essay that the title comes from, he provides this anecdote about advice he gave to an older couple who came together after each had had a series of broken relationships.
Sit facing each other and say to one another, "I am grateful today that you are in my life.' Say the words, even if you find it difficult. If you don't believe them, say so. Say, "I just said that I was grateful that you are in my life, but I don't really feel that this morning, although I would like to feel it." ... The try again the next day, preparing yourself in advance by reminding yourself that you really are lucky to be alive, to be whole and healthy, and to have someone willing to share their life with you.
Later:
None of these things is automatic; none of them is permanent. To be alive with others -- nothing could be more basic, yet there is no greater spiritual practice.
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