~ DISCIPLINE ~
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Look at a day when you are supremely
satisfied at the end. It's not a day
when you lounge around doing nothing;
it's when you've had everything to do,
and you've done it.
Margaret Thatcher
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This quote is so true for me. Many were
the days when I would isolate and
procrastinate, allowing the anxiety to
build a wall around me. Today, through
program, I have learned that the word
discipline means freedom, not
punishment.
As a compulsive eater I could be lazy,
slothful, untidy and undisiplined, doing
things only if they were absolutly
necessary. I am learning that laziness
doesn't work for me anymore; it only
feeds into my feelings of shame and
unworthiness. I am learning to clean my
surroundings, therefore boosting my
self-esteem.
ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .
I see discipline, not as a punishment, but as part of a way out of my disease into recovery.