Elsie; of course!
I am the PERFECT example of the BEFORE picture seen in Scripture.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
In this context, there is a newly created (by Spiritual birth) entity, a creature new--not in time--but in kind.
However (keeping with the theme of this meditation), this new man, this new bundle of joy, comes first as a new-born spiritual babe (1 Peter 2:2, brephos); develops as a diapered spiritual infant still needing others to feed him (Heb 5:12-13, nēpios); when correctly responding to discipline, a child who can handle some of his own spiritual affairs (1 Jn. 2:13,14, paidion), to be trained by chastening and verbal instruction (Eph. 6:4, paideia, nouthesia; Heb. 12:5-11, paideia, paideuoh) such that they learn to consistently hear and obey (Eph. 6:1, hupakouō); and when they have become entirely able to overcome the Wicked One, being strong in The Word as spiritual young adults (1 Jn. 2:13,14, neaniskos); and after laboring in the discipleship of others (2 Tim. 4:5, euaggelistēs) and care of the assembly (Acts 6:3,5,6;1 Tim. 3:12, διάκονος) under supervision of their spiritual fathers (1 Tim. 1:2, 1 Pet 5:5-6, neōteros) to be acknowledged an elder (Titus 1:5, presbuteros), a bishop overseer (1 Tim. 3:1, episkopē), a spiritual father themselves accountable only to God as Father (1 Jn. 2:13,14 pater), Jesus as Lord (1 Pet. 5:1-4), the Holy Spirit as Guiding Comforter, and to the local assembly of brethren (Acts 6:4; Prov. 22:1; 1 Pet. 1:22). The last earthly step is then graduation with a crown as diploma (1 Cor. 9:25, stephanos; cf 1 Thess. 2:19, 2 Tim. 4:8, Jas. 1:12, Rev. 2:10).
So, here is a progressive development, first being disciplined, then being self-disciplined in the Work of The Gospel. I don't knowwhere you picture yourself in this scale of progressive development, but I count you as a wise friend and brother, and commend Eph. 4:32-5:4 to you as a guide to interacting with the various participants of FR!
With sincere (without earwax) and felicitous (cat-like) regard . . . you ... you ... you new critter!