Discipline & Freedom
Oh what a nasty word or is it? I think it has really gotten a bad rap. For so long I have thought of Discipline in terms of what our parents did to us when they were angry or unhappy with our performance. Yuck on that discipline. It does not work anyway. It just sets up a template in the child where they lie to the parents and do what they want anyway. There is a look on the face of people who have been raised like that: Like: what’s the right answer/ I’ll say that and to #@*% with the truth.
I think there is a crazy misconception about the word freedom too. Often times I hear it referred to as a license to do whatever you want to go beyond the boundaries to break the rules.
It has been proven in my life experience that actually; Freedom and Discipline are related & are linked. They complement each other profoundly. I guess I am thinking about this because I am going to have to get really focused and have had to work so much extra to raise the money I need to pay what I owe and to build what I am hoping is the Sanctuary that Grandma and Auntie wanted this house to be for us. This for me means not getting distracted by the behavior of others. Some people come into your life to show model good ways and others show you the way you do not want to be you know? It is very clear who is who. So it’s off to work for me with the discipline which will ultimately lead to the freedom to make Home the way it needs to be!
There’s more but I think this is worth thinking about.
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I am being extreme about hopelessness. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Even getting back into shape after this recent knee problem. I feel exhausted sometimes, but not, as I said before,hopeless.
Once I felt hopeless. Now I do see hope in the future in the salvation of my soul and even in the care of my body. Thank you for reminding me to be self disciplined in those physical aspects of life. Sometimes I just want to lay down and let it happen by itself. I know that it won't.
So Thought provoking~ Amy just posted a link to Anne Frank's home film her rushing to the window to see a couple getting married. We cried so reading her book at a time when Amy & I felt tremendously hopeless we were never going to be other then what we were. Anne Frank was like us and had hope until the end, hope to love hope for peace hope for acceptance. She never saw it but it did happen. Sometimes what we hope for is bigger than we can ever know~ the hope for it is like a seed and as long as e give it expression there is an avenue for something to happen I am praying for you Jayne I know how life can seem overwhelming.Keep on keeping on! Lots of Love to you Thanks for the comment!
hey guys , great discussion about dicipline!!!!
my thoughts are Discipline is a great attribute to have, it will encompass in your home life,in your spritiual life and physical life..... let me try to explain,when you are discipline your home life things seem to move and work alot easier (harmonious)....in your spitiual life the famliy summit to do the will of GOD.Now when it come to physical we have to be discipline to get out and walk something so our bodies that God gave us will work to help keep the family god gave us in order and homes clean (in order) ....so you guys feeling me :)))) your body your home your family under one banner of >.......
to be continued when i can think
love you guys
I agree with you: Jackie! I am going to write more on it because I think it is such an important ingredient to health. Having a practice or way of doing things on a daily basis like a way of praying or exercising really pays off when the going gets tough. Your practice has been set and you can keep your head above water. Thanks for the comments & the therapy earlier.
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