My friend commended me on my self-discipline last night.
And I told her, "I don't feel like I have any discipline. I just have a really deep bag of tricks."
To my mind, "self-discipline" implies some sort of forceful inner strength, which I don't feel I have. (Though, a lot of what I'm working on with my Self right now is related to trying to learn it.) And, regardless, even if I do have it, it's not what I generally use to change or better myself.
I'm not strong that way. I'm slippery.
I don't just force myself to move forward with the things I know I should do instead of the things I want to do. Instead, I figure out how to perceive the situation so that I end up wanting to do the thing I know I should do.
I don't make myself do things I don't like; I figure out how to perceive them so that I do like them.
I think an ounce of cunning is worth a metric ton of force.
1 comment:
You sound like good parent material, I must say. Parenting is all about creative ways of convincing your child that she WANTS to do the things you want/need her to do.
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