Day 30: Celebrate Discipline (Joyce Meyer, Eat the Cookie..)

     Joyce pointedly remarks that in order to ensure our soul gets a rest then we need to be disciplined to remember to trust in our higher power and do our best but without worry, stubbornness or being upset.  We need to choose to celebrate, party, eat cookies and buy shoes. With discipline we can be who we want to be and do what we say we will do.  In reality we are disciplined in every aspect of our life that is going the way we want it to. Let's say you are making good money at your job, then you are probably disciplined by working hard. Or the opposite, you wish you weighed less and you lack discipline in the way you eat and exercise.  These are two good examples of being disciplined and not being disciplined.  Joyce warns about being extreme with our self-discipline.  Let's say you are so dedicated to work that you neglect your children.  Or you are so disciplined in what you eat and how much you exercise that you exhaust your time and emotional well being.  The point is that discipline needs to aid you in your growth, not hinder it.  It needs balance.
     Joyce asks about discipline, "Do you see it as something that controls you, or something that helps you control yourself?"  Notice it is because of your discipline that you should celebrate.  Because you ate so good this last week, have one cookie (yes only one)!  Because you saved money and cooked at home all week, 
celebrate with an outing.