Discipline

You mean a whippin' with a hickory switch or a wooden spoon? no, something all together different but related. Discipline is the practice training, a drill or teaching. And professionally, discipline is a specific branch of knowledge learning a practice. So, if you do something wrong, Mama will "light your pants on fire" with a hickory switch, cause that's her practice of teaching you youngin's to behave. That's how you learn and that's how you know what's coming if you mess up again. However, mistakes, if we get enough "learning", we can discipline ourselves to avoid those hard lessons and instead enjoy new adventures. I'm actually psyching myself up here because I'm embarking once again to lose weight. It's going to require lots of discipline. And how much I put into this is how much I'm going to lose. That's easy enough to say, now I need to make it easy enough to accomplish. Sometimes it's a mental picture, say of a piece of cake with yummy frosting. I have to picture, would I eat a couple of tablespoons or more of Crisco or butter on purpose? Gross! See, the act of putting the gross stuff in my mouth makes me sick. Okay, this is a start. Now all I have to figure out is the gross info on a bunch of other foods. Once you get a good hold on discipline, it follows through with spiritual goals as well. See, it's a win win accomplishment. Discipline is the guide that will help me learn a daily practice of self restraint and self mastery and will give me a sense of self worth. In other words, please pray for me.