Fumbles are a Part.

Let’s stop feeding our dragon. Let’s snuggle and nestle with our own inner skills and beauty. We cannot create self esteem by always telling ourselves that we are awesome. We can note which tactics and skills serve us well.
Esteem of self and respect for self grow out of devoted effort. Whether or not we succeed, it builds our needed pluck and spunk. We know that we try our best. We keep on trying. We keep on working with our assets. We will finally succeed. Mastery of self does arise out of our effort. It’s the prelude of success.
We have long known that depression and apathy damage our immune system. They lead to serious disease. We also know that when we give up on ourselves and become a victim, we deny ourselves the power to grow and change. We stay stuck in our own frailty. But that paralysis is our barrier. It stops us from making an effort.
We know that fumbles are a central part of mastery, not reasons for penalty. Yet without our tincture of effort, our power remains uncouth and unused. The outcome is a shakey first level, root, basic distrust.