Throughout your life, you can make a choice as to how you suffer. Would you rather struggle through the discomfort of shaping your willpower and behavior toward worthwhile ends, or endure the sting of dreams left unrealized because you chose self-indulgence over restraint? Discipline is usually what keeps you from what you truly want. Practicing it entails having to bear a certain level of pain, but so does suffering the consequences of a life without it.

