After our regular weekly meditation, we watched a discussion between Fleet Maul and Jack Kornfield on what it means to be awake and present in our relationships:

There you are in a conflict, you know, you're having a disagreement, a difficulty. You take a breath, you pause, and then you ask yourself: What's my best intention? What's my highest intention? And usually...you want to be right, prove your point, defend yourself. But if you pause and ask about your best intention...you may find it is to love this person, to be connected through love...Or to solve this in a way that we both end up feeling better.