It is a noble and admirable thing to practice and strive for control of our emotions and actions

we are emotional beings and control of ourselves is paramount in a successful…. Respectful Life

but to chastise ourselves and others for having those tendencies is a denial of self

that those thoughts or urges are dirty or self destructive when in fact they are natural

the goal is to monitor and control those inherent traits so they are impulses and not demands

calling ourselves “ bad” or less than for having them and /or condemning ourselves as jaded is akin to saying….. “ that apple 🍎 shouldn’t be an apple”

Denial and criticism of self is an attempt to say “ I am flawed and worthless “……. Run that by God and see what He thinks…….

almost david