Path to self-improvement

So in 2010 I am attempting a new path to self-improvement. I want to find peace within myself. I have a tendency to lose perspective at times, to see the glass half empty versus half full, and I am determined to change that.

Today it took me 3 hours to get home from downtown LA. Three hours to get home from a job I dislike, three hours wasted in the car, three more hours away from my 1 year old son who has already spent the day without his mom. I felt like screaming and crying and kicking while stuck in 405 LA traffic, with parts of the freeway closed due to flooding. But instead I stopped myself, and injected a little bit of perspective into my situation.

My thoughts: "Paula, you are stuck in traffic. Your amazing husband is home with Leo, they are having dinner and are anxiously awaiting your arrival. You are so lucky. You are not the 5 year old little boy that was just rescued in Haiti after being buried alive for 8 days. A little boy who lost both his parents, who is scared, sick and alone."

I vow to work hard to be grateful every day for my life, grateful for my amazing family, my home, my friends, the food I get to eat and the water I get to drink. I vow to keep perspective.