Altruistic Fostering: http://balneus.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/chimps-altruism-and-helping-with-the-kids-of-others/

This week in my teleclass series, A Course in Deep Acceptance, we’re working on the theme of “Family”. Here I’ll share one of the exercises from the course materials with you.

The Gift of Recognition

Sometimes when I’m in the middle of a project it’s hard to hear a request for my attention as anything other than a distraction. And the less I pay attention, the bigger my child’s need gets for a moment of connection.

Soon, the chant of “mom! Mom! MOm! MOM!” begins, and my edge starts rising.

The energy shifts the moment that I remember this is an opportunity for presence and a chance for a moment of divine interaction. All I need to do is come present in love.

Today, I invite you to consciously enter into interaction as a moment-to-moment opportunity for the experience of pure presence. Bring your whole self into your heart, and connect from there.

Recognize the inherent wholeness, integrity, perfection in your loved ones, in strangers, in yourself. Make “love” a verb.

Want more? Read The Devotion of Presence and The Presence of Devotion; Dilemmas of a Householder.