I’ve been thinking about my intentions for the year, and not writing a mile-long list of resolutions like I used to in years past. I feel like this is a sign of growth for me, as I think I used to buy into the “new year, new you” idea that tends to proliferate in magazines and newspapers around the start of the new year.

The first time I drove up one of San Francisco’s vertiginous hills, I was pretty sure my car wasn’t going to make it. I still remember the street we were driving up when my son, then nearly two, said to me “I no yike dis hill.” “Me neither,” I replied. It was terrifying.

We are all born good and worthy. We don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of love and support. We are all working on things.

I tend to be a positive and hopeful person, but I’ll admit that yesterday I was feeling DOWN. I wanted to share some of the things I do when I’m feeling down. Because yesterday, I needed the reminder.