Day six.
Self-compassion and forgiveness in discipline.
Welcome back.
In the last session,
We explored cognitive strategies for enhanced self-control.
Today's objective is to recognize how self-compassion promotes discipline in yourself,
Learning forgiveness practices as a tool for sustaining discipline.
Theory for this section delves into the significance of self-compassion and forgiveness in maintaining discipline.
It explores how self-compassion fosters a nurturing environment for sustainable self-discipline.
Self-compassion and forgiveness in discipline.
Treating oneself with kindness,
With understanding,
And acceptance when facing difficult or challenging circumstances is known as practicing self-compassion.
It entails accepting oneself,
Accepting one's shortcomings,
And one struggles with compassion and without passing judgment,
Like being your own best friend.
And when it comes to discipline,
Self-compassion is essential for cultivating a positive and encouraging attitude towards oneself in the face of challenges and in the face of failures to uphold discipline behavior.
And those who practice self-compassion often are more likely to respond to their shortcomings or failures with kindness,
With understanding,
And with intelligence rather than harsh criticism and self-blame.
And this approach enables people to grow from their experiences,
To move on from them,
To feel them and heal from them and maintain their disciplined path.
When it comes to discipline,
Forgiveness is letting go of past transgressions by oneself or by others and letting go of the bad feelings that go along with them that do not serve.
It's also about admitting and accepting the flaws or mistakes that have been made.
Whether they have to do with upholding discipline or are the result of responding to infractions.
And by forgiving oneself or others for their part in impeding discipline behavior,
I believe people can make room for development and self-improvement and a fresh dedication to upholding discipline.
And we can all test this for ourselves.
And in the context of discipline,
Self-compassion and forgiveness both help to create a positive and nurturing mindset by encouraging people to approach obstacles with empathy and with kindness and an openness to learn from their mistakes.
Here are the characteristics of self-compassion in this session.
Number one,
Kindness towards oneself.
In the context of self-compassion,
Kindness towards oneself is treating oneself with the same consideration,
The same sympathy and support that one would inevitably give to a good friend during a trying time.
It's a gentle and soothing act that acknowledges individual struggles or failures to uphold discipline with harsh criticism.
Number two,
Acknowledgement of common humanity.
And this part of self-compassion is acknowledging that everyone struggles.
Everyone struggles from time to time to maintain self-control.
And it's realizing that flaws and failures or difficulties are shared by all people and not exclusive to them.
Number three,
Non-judgment self-acceptance.
It's possible to acknowledge one's own shortcomings,
One's errors or difficulties upholding discipline without resorting to severe self-criticism or condemnation when one practices non-judgment self-acceptance.
It entails embracing flaws without attachments,
Without attaching a feeling of inadequacy or unworthiness and accepting oneself with kindness and with understanding.
Number four,
Mindfulness in difficulties.
In the context of self-compassion,
Mindfulness entails being completely present and conscious of one's thoughts and one's feelings and one's experiences at the time without allowing them to consume.
It's the capacity to recognize obstacles or difficulties in upholding discipline without becoming engrossed in unfavorable,
Unserving feelings.
Here are the features of forgiveness in discipline.
Number one,
Letting go of resentment.
When forgiveness is involved,
Letting go of resentment means letting go of bad feelings related to past transgressions or lack of self-control.
Number two,
Releasing self-blame.
The act of forgiving oneself or for previous indiscretions in discipline is known as releasing self-blame and it entails realizing that errors are a necessary component of learning and do not determine one's value or one's aptitude.
And number three,
Embracing growth and learning.
And to embrace growth and learning within forgiveness,
In my mind,
One must see discipline setbacks as chances or opportunities for personal improvement.
There are learning opportunities.
People approach failures with a growth-oriented mindset in this case,
As opposed to viewing them as permanent or demoralizing,
Paralyzing.
And finally,
Number four,
Commitment to forward progress.
Focusing on the here and now and future endeavors rather than getting bogged down in the mistakes of the past,
That's a sign of commitment to forward progress.
And that entails committing to continuous efforts to uphold discipline in spite of prior failures.
So let's sum this up plainly.
The foundation of discipline behavior is self-compassion and forgiveness,
Which this session emphasizes.
And it provides useful methods for practicing forgiveness and self-compassion by being your own best friend.
What do you think?
How to self-baseline to measure for success?
To maintain self-discipline,
We're encouraged to practice self-compassion and self-forgiveness by thinking of yourself as your best friend,
As someone you would give support and advice to in a caring way.
Supportive inner dialogues here are encouraged.
Congratulations,
We've reached the end of this session.
And in the next session,
We'll discuss building habits of automatic discipline.
Remember,
The more you think on these concepts,
The faster and easier they will work for you.
Thanks again for allowing me to serve you.
As always,
Remember,
It's a great day to be alive.
I'll see you in the next session.
Take care.
Bye for now.
