Day 322 of wisdom
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
Napoleon Hill
The human body naturally seeks comfort, always wanting to be in a state of rest, and never wanting to be subject to any kind of tension or stress. As much as the body does not want to be pressured, the mind of a man understands that there can be no success without work, the mind therefore conditions the body to carry out whatever task it must to achieve that which he pursues. The body is then subject to the control of the mind as aligned to the pursuit of its dreams and vision.
A man who will rise to heights every other person will not get to, must be ready and willing to go through what others will not go through; give what others will not give; and do what others will not do, he must be disciplined enough not to give in to the weakness and meekness of the body but go the extra mile in the pursuit of his dreams in other to achieve it. As Aristotle said, “What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.” We can choose to do or not do, but whatever we do we will duly be rewarded for.
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment” are Jim Rohn's words, without discipline we will go nowhere, but with discipline we are sure to accomplish whatever we set out for. If our dreams are so dear to us, we will consider the pains we go through in accomplishing these goals not as pain but as gain, being the price to be paid for our achievements. As ancient Greek philosopher Plato would say, “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” If you would have any form of victory in any area of your life endeavours, you must first overcome yourself and everything that may limit your chances of success.
There is a continuous and consistent battle for dominance between your body and your mind. The body wants ease, comfort, and pleasure, but the mind wants greatness, success, recognition and impact, none of this comes easy, if anything must be achieved the body must get to work, get dirty, and busy. When the needful is done, when you have fought and won, when discipline has been put to work, ease, comfort and pleasure will come along.
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John Kamikun
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