Discipline is the concentrated effort to create some space in our lives where the Spirit of God can touch us, guide us, speak to us, and lead us to places that are unpredictable, where we are no longer in control. Many spiritual-life writers speak of “attentiveness” to God. Attentiveness helps us look fully at God, to invite God in more completely. It leads us into the depths of God’s healing mercies. This attention, writes Simone Weil,
