Discipline

Discipline: The practice of putting one foot in front of the other long enough to look back and see a trail.

I can choose for a moment to do what needs to be done, but to do it day in and day out, with routine regularity, laying down long furrows of discipline - only this will produce

a harvest of righteousness and peace...

Another short post, but I was here. Day 2

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