3 different ways about thinking about progress in yoga!

The two pictures below say it all.
The first one of Darth Vader is bad me...

And the 2nd one quoting Confucius, is sensible enlightened me...
Ok I get it, but what happens when you keep on running but are staying in the same place as happens to the Red Queen in Lewis Caroll's “Through the Looking Glass"?
There are two ways to react. One is to throw my hands up in despair and give up. There other is to ask. Where would I be if if I did give up?

I sometimes need to remind myself that my practice may not be pretty, but if my body is functional and I'm managing my herniated disc, and my dodgy knees.

And that's the most important thing….