if you learn self-control, you can master anything
waste in a wasteland
It’s Lent, which is all about abstinence and self-control. There doesn’t seem to be much self-discipline, self-control, or mastering difficult challenges about in the world today. Rather there seems to be a lot of neglect, waste, and self-indulgence. It’s waste of human life in a wasteland.
Addictions such as alcoholism, gambling, smoking, drug-taking, eating disorders, infidelity, and inappropriate casual sex seem to be rife ~ even among our senior politicians and bureaucrats, who are supposed to set an example to we ‘ordinary people in the street’, suffering the miseries of lockdown. I myself have had a drinking problem, but I am pleased to say that I haven’t touched a drop since Christmas. (There are none so self-righteous as a reformed addict.)
I am happy to tell you that I have learned self-discipline, self-control, and how to master difficult challenges. It wasn’t easy, but I am getting there.
All we have to learn is how to say ‘No’, especially to ourselves.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
hanging around in bars is not an indication of self-control
It must be extraordinarily challenging to exert ongoing self discipline when one’s been alone, in lockdown, for nearly a year … well done. My hat’s off to you, Jack. 💗👒😉😘
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Thank You. ❤
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Agreed. I see people laughing about their weight gain during this past year, but I don’t find anything funny about gluttony. Not that I’m perfect, but I work on eating properly!
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