Discipline

By M-Power

DIscipline gets a bad rap in our culture. We think of it as punishment. As something to be avoided and only embraced if we have no other choice. “Discipline is rarely enjoyable, but almost always profitable.” Darrin Patrick From the Latin origin, the word discipline can mean student. When you look at it from that angle, we are simply students trying to learn to do something better.  We are gaining more information. We are practicing and not expected to be perfect at this moment. “We don’t drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.” Andy Stanley Whether we are disciplining ourselves or our children, think of discipline as teaching and that can help us to be more understanding and kind to ourselves and others. I say that it takes two things to raise a child: Love and Discipline in the right amounts. It takes the same two things…

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