“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” – Jim Rohn
“Confidence comes from discipline and training.” – Robert Kiyosaki
“Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference.” – Lou Holtz
“For those who have been trained by it, no discipline seems pleasant at the time but painful…” – Bobby McFarrin, “Discipline” from Medicine Music
Lately I’ve been thinking a great deal about discipline for various reasons. Some are related to my work as a writer, others have to do with my work as a college instructor, others have to do with my spiritual work. My thoughts are too many and convoluted to enumerate here. However, I want to share some of the things I’ve gleaned from my thinking.
It takes discipline to:
Discover your purpose.
To make your dreams come true.
To educate yourself.
To change your perceptions.
To change from complaining all the time, to being happy each and every day.
To feel empathy by walking in another persons shoes.
We can choose self-discipline or we can choose the opposite.
It takes NO discipline to:
Complain.
To be angry about events outside your control.
To hate those who are different from ourselves.
To blame others for our circumstances.
To roll up in a ball and let fear overtake us.
Whichever we choose, we are responsible for our choices no matter how much we’d like to blame others.
It seems to me humanity is at a cosmically important crossroads. Do you want to, as Wayne Dyer says, die with your music still in you?
If you want a better world in which to live you must choose one way or the other.
If you want to have a happier life, remember what Dr. Christiane Northrup says, “Rather than think you need to go on an archaeological dig into your past, just look at your life in the present moment to see what your past beliefs have created.”
Do you like where you’re living? If not consider employing discipline which is choosing to take one step toward who you want to be, then another step, and another. One day you’ll be glad you started the journey. And remember that every lesson you learn, adds to the advancement of the human race.
Which path do you choose?
Lucinda Sage-Midgorden © 2015
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