- World does not give special treatment to you for being disciplined, having good habits, responsible, persistent, caring, serving and sacrificing. These are not end to some means but end by themselves. You don’t be honest because you get credit. You be honest because it is the right this to do. You be a person of integrity not to get praises and respect from others. You be a person of integrity to respect yourself. You might not necessarily get what you want in life by having discipline. But you be disciplined to have respect and gratitude towards your assets in life like health, relationships, friendships, job etc.
- Nobody cares if you keep challenging yourself every day to do more and raise the bar. It is your vision and mission . Others don’t get it completely. Instead of accusing, blaming and complaining that your close people are not supporting you, try to understand their point of view , be compassionate and try to take them along with you as much as possible.
- Prepare for a lonely journey. You cannot tell how long you need to wait for somebody to join and walk with you in your path.
- Everybody has their own expectations and priorities. They don’t have time to empathize and understand what’s going on in your life.
- Everyone has a story to tell and be proud of. Don’t expect to get applause and claps for doing the stuff you need to do in life.
- The more you do and show your inner strength the more people expect out of you.
- Nobody cares and praises you for smiling while in pain and doing what has to be done no matter what. People assume that you have no problems because you look normal in difficult circumstances.
- Only you know about your sacrifices, adjustments and compromises. Others do not give credit for what you are doing as they cannot relate to what is going inside you.
- Don’t expect others to come to your rescue just because you sacrificed for them.
- You may not influence others most of the times or what’s happening or going to happen in spite of your best efforts. You can only change yourself, improve yourself, grow , learn, struggle, become stronger, become resilient to deal with people and external uncontrollable events in life.
- Just because you are doing great does not mean you are going to inspire somebody. It could happen that nobody notices you. But this must not stop you from doing what is right and what is in your best interests.
- Unexpected events could happen any day. Be prepared and be the person who everybody around you could rely on. You be the person to take care of everything when you yourself feel like crying inside and giving up.
- Be prepared for failure, criticism, embarrassment, pain in life and do this preparation daily. Prepare and harden yourself mentally, physically and emotionally.
- Have a purpose that pulls you from bed every morning. Motivation pushes you to do things, but sometimes you will not have energy to push yourself. A purpose and vision pulls you in those times.
- Sometimes in life Motivation and purpose is not enough to overcome our mind’s negative thoughts, temptations and resistance. This is where ‘discipline’ helps you to keep going.
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