Attaining Discipline and Control of Your Mind

My mind

is under my jurisdiction.

I will not allow it

to willfully wander,

like an errant child,

wherever it chooses.

I will guard it in the night

from straying into

frightening corners.

I will protect it in the day

from harmful input.

It is, after all,

my very own mind

to watch over and to love,

so that it will always continue

to grow and to prosper.

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There are really two minds living inside us, one that makes our decisions and the other that hopefully acts on those decisions.

Unfortunately these two separate minds don’t always work together and when that happens, our decisions don’t always become our actions.

Reconciling these two diverse minds and helping them to work together is a very difficult task, because it takes both decision-making and discipline to reach our goals.

Making control and discipline an important objective of our efforts helps us to make our lives happier and more productive.