THE PAIN OF DISCIPLINE OR THE PAIN OF REGRET

Fact number one is to know that you will suffer in this World that we have been born into. You will either suffer the Pain of Regret or you will suffer the Pain of Discipline. I don’t know about you but the Pain of Discipline seems to be a more intelligent choice. We sometimes make wrong choices based on the immediate gratification of the choice. Let us take an example. You have a choice of that slice of chocolate cake after dinner or a glass of water. The immediate gratification of that chocolate cake will test your discipline. There is no immediate reward when you choose the glass of water, but there is a long term reward. Same as applying yourself to some sort of self-help goal or initiative. You won’t get the immediate results from the Discipline of your actions but you will receive them down the line. Now let’s look at the Pain of Regret. Regret can stay with you for the rest of your life like a 10-ton weight on your back in the form of a life of poverty, disease, ill health, loss of liberty, etc. Regret seems to be an eternal event verse the Pain of Discipline. Which will you CHOOSE?