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Discipline Gives Freedom
Allowing a child to eat a box of chocolate could lead to sickness. At the same time, the
discipline of eating one or two pieces a day can be an enjoyable experience for a longer
time.
Our instinct makes us do whatever we want regardless of the consequences.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but controlling the desire.
--Epictetus
There is a misconception that freedom means doing your own thing. One cannot always
have what one desires. Many times it is not easy to comprehend the benefits of good
values and discipline. It may even seem more profitable, enjoyable and convenient to do
otherwise. All we need to do is see countless instances where lack of discipline has
prevented people from succeeding. What we think is pulling us down is really taking us
up. That is what discipline is all about.
A boy was flying a kite with his father and asked him what kept the kite up. Dad replied,
"The string." The boy said, "Dad, it is the string that is holding the kite down." The father
asked his son to watch as he broke the string.
Guess what happened to the kite? It came down. Isn't that true in life? Sometimes the
very things that we think are holding us down are the things that are helping us fly. That
is what discipline is all about.