The best way to learn self mastery is to witness it in others.   The opening icebreaker really drove this point home.  Several of us mentioned learning self-mastery from a parent or a coach, in our youth.  The common denominator in all cases was a life that was God-centered, an ability to accept hardship and challenges as just part of what living is (rather than an existential crisis that is somehow “unfair”.)  All of these role models exhibited a deep and abiding love for ot