“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” Flannery O’Connor
Are you open to constructive criticism?
It’s never too late…
Patience…
“Don’t strain to make things perfect. Life in the present order will never be perfect, so don’t stretch to put everything right, to order all persons and things once and for all. Life is about living in the balance of the unbalanced, the imperfect, the never finished, the never totally secure, never quite happily ever after. We have to learn to live with the mess.” This Blessed Mess – Patricia Livingston.
Life is messy!
Other’s opinion….
“What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?”
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
What’s driving and guiding you?
Self-mastery
“The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures.”
Democritus
Something simple like making a sacrifice at every meal: no alcohol, no dessert, no cream in your coffee, no extra salt on your food, or taking more of what you do not like…goes a long way in forming the habit of self-mastery.
Self-mastery
Optimist?
“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” –Helen Keller.