BE DISCIPLINED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS

Manjushree Sastri, Executive Editor, Education & Awareness

 

Discipline is a great quality in life. It is most essential for all human beings in every walk of life. It makes life healthy, bright and prosperous. In reality, it is a precious asset. Life without discipline is like a ship without radar. Everywhere, from heaven above to earth below, discipline reigns supreme. Nature provides the best example of discipline. The earth, moon and other planets move around the Sun according to certain specific rules. The season changes in accordance with a set order, day and night follow each other at regular intervals. Even animals are disciplined under their leader.  Hence, discipline is of prime importance in life. If the sense of discipline is not instilled into life, life becomes a living hell. So, without discipline your life will become a mess and will soon go out of gear.

Nice Guys, discipline is that training of mind, which aims at producing orderliness, obedience, self-control and co-operation in life. It contains the rules or norms what you impose on yourselves, considering them as your duty to society, to nation or to the entire mankind. Discipline is vital to a successful life. If there is no discipline in life, social life becomes chaotic and anarchical. Discipline is the backbone of a nation as it necessitates a balance between rights and duties, between self-regarding actions and other-regarding actions.

Bright Stars, your home is the nursery where you receive your first lesson of discipline through obedience to parents and elders. In your educational institution, discipline is a matter of vital importance. That is because student life is a period of preparation for the battle of life. Disciplined students excel in their studies and are admired by all. Discipline teaches them to be sincere, punctual and hard working. They do better in their study than others and are crowned with success. With their strength of character they can lift a nation to the great heights of progress. Therefore, you all must possess and maintain an intellectual and moral discipline of high order. Don’t entertain the erroneous belief that discipline is a constraint on your liberty and self-fulfillment.  Realize that discipline alone can ensure all- round progress and advancement of the individual, the society as well as the nation.