I don’t know how it is for you, but I always feel really good if I have disciplined myself enough to make good use of my time. When I was much younger, when I was in my early twenties, I seemed to have loads of time and of course when you feel that way about time you tend to be more careless about how you use it.
Now, in my early fifties, I tend to hear the clock of time ticking more often. I am much more aware that your life is measured in a very basic way in units of time, years, months, days and minutes. If we are lucky, we will reach our average life span of around 80 years. I want more than that, I want to live fully for a vibrant and healthy 100 years at least ! However, I dont take that for granted and I am becoming more and more conscious of how I use my time because I don’t call the shots on my longevity. By being more disciplined in this way you will naturally become more disciplined in many others aspects of your life as well. A person who is motivated to rise an hour earlier everyday at 5 or 6am is not likely to turn on the television at that time or tuck in to unhealthy foods. If you can get yourself out of bed that early it will usually be for a good reason like taking exercise or reading/writing or perhaps an early morning meditation. A disciplined life starts with disciplined use of your time. Living a disciplined life will dramatically increase your potential to enjoy more fulfilment and happiness.
So, what is the alternative you might ask ? The other option is to drift along in life, scraping by or doing just about enough to maintain your lifestyle of survival and mediocrity. If you don’t have the mental resolve to do the things that you need to do to improve your life, when you need to do them then you are highly likely to end up disappointed. Have you ever heard someone say that there has go to be more to life than this ? They feel that life has let them down and they feel they have been conned and that they are owed by life in some way. They had an image in their mind about how life was supposed to play out for them and it hasn’t work out for them at all. There illusion about life has been taken from them. They have become disillusioned. In that scenario people will often look to blame someone or something for their woes. It’s the governments fault or the economy or their parents or their spouse etc etc.
But really, the answers lie within. If life is not working out the way you want and you have become disillusioned , instead of blaming external factors, have a look at your own behaviour. Think about your daily disciplines and about how you use your time. Are you satisfied that you are taking full responsibility for how your life is unfolding or are you living under the false impression that somehow you are not in control ?
Resolve today to be more disciplined about your health, your work ethic, about nurturing your relationships, and you will experience more abundance, joy and contentment than you ever though possible.
