The love of Americans for their country is not an indulgent, it is an exacting and chastising love; they cannot tolerate its defects.
Worrying about the past or the future isn't productive. When you start chastising yourself for past mistakes, or seeing disaster around every corner, stop and take a breath and ask yourself what you can do right now to succeed.
Your pimples are the Lord's way of chastising you. Now eat your pie.