With sniper-like skill we target the faults of others, as a hawk spies a tiny mouse from a lofty height; all the while missing the wood amidst the forest of our own error.

I think it’s worthwhile clarifying something about discipline as it is a word that, in my experience, is so often associated with punishment.

To discipline someone actually means to train them.  I suppose the confusion about punishment might come from childhood days of chastisement, when a parent’s efforts at positive forms of reinforcing good behaviour, on their [...]