Archive for April 8th, 2011
Daily Bread
One of the books I am currently reading is Entering the Castle by Carolyn Myss. One short sentence is having an enormous impact:
‘Intention without discipline is useless.’
In my personal struggle to secure my daily bread, incorporating the spiritual component has precedence for me. Yet, the daily demands of the mundane clatter ceaselessly for my attention. Discipline is the heart of my effort. Discipline is a word that for me means can’t; can’t have, can’t do, can’t become, can’t, can’t, can’t. The favorite chant of my negative chatter-box.
As part of my personal growth work, I am focusing on countering that definition of discipline. So following definitions (discipline as teaching; teaching as guidance; guidance as nurturing) I am now working to change the negative impact of discipline to a positive, supportive self-nurturing.
My intention is to grow in spirit, to mature wisely, to live a disciplined life. I am having great success in some places and not so great in others. And discipline is becoming the well-worn path of self-nurturing as I seek my daily bread.