Wow, I just re-read my note to you, and my spelling is atrocious..
But yes, it's kind of freeing! However, I need to practice this everyday, all day, and all the time, so I don't fall back into the same pattern you describe above about being all about us!
M: 41 STBXW: 41 D: 9 Bomb: 4/26/09
On board the D train now..
"Suffering is when we try to change what we cannot."