the entire point of self-discipline is that we are strict. We hold ourselves to high standards. We don’t accept excuses. We push ourselves always to be better. But does that mean that we whip ourselves? That we hate ourselves? That we treat ourselves or talk to ourselves like a bad person? Absolutely not. Yet we slip, unconsciously, into these negative conversations all the time. You suck. You screwed up. You blew it. You think the Dalai Lama walks around treating himself like that? You blew it. So? You are not perfect. You are not superhuman. No one is.
