Do You Deserve Kindness if You Don't Progress?

How can i be kind to myself while making progress on my goals? The zen approach is like taking a gigantic mallet to your cognitive thought process. Do you deserve kindness if you don't progress? That's the question you should ask yourself. Just because i'm a bumbling idiot doesn't mean that, like, i don't deserve a pat on the back and, like, let's get up and try again.