Adjustments

Human psychology is exceedingly complex. We work on it over a lifetime and constantly need to fine tune its tendencies to conspire against our ability to maintain balance.

At times within the space of the same day we can have ups and downs and be left wondering how it happened. The blinders that we may have developped as self-protection limit our ability to analyze the self.

I am finding that the best strategy involves being kind with the self while the fine adjustments are being made. Rather than fall into the trap of chastisement we want to expect that we will fail to maintain consistency because of our humanity. Our inherent imperfection is a limitation which we must live with.

Here is where lowering our expectations helps us because constant failure is just part of the baseline. The point is to see positive progress over time no matter how small or gradual.