no self curses

You know better than to curse other people. Do you know better than to curse yourself? For it is not socially acceptable for you to curse others, but it is considered modest and humble to belittle or denigrate yourself as if to prove you are not boasting, yet this is not true humility. You are my child, and every parent hates to hear his children pronounce defeat or failure upon themselves. You can limit and disqualify yourself by making such statements and reap a bitter harvest of your own words. Don’t deny the reality of your family heritage that you can do all things through my strength within you.