Choose someone in your life whom you live with or work with on a daily basis. Each morning for three days say the following affirmation:
"Today in some way I will 'lay down my life' for him/her." Speaking metaphorically, you are asking to find some way to deny your own interests and put that person first. You may discover a way to do it each day, but if not the first two days, on the third day you will have an opportunity to do so.
— Tom Cowan in The Way of the Saints