It's really kind of funny: I used to have a problem with excessive discipline. I rarely had to be punished, as a kid. I was always the goody two-shoes sort, automatically well-behaved, the kind of kid teachers would point out in class, why can't the rest of you be more like him {and oh yes, that does wonders for your image with your peers.}

I've gradually developed what you might call self-discipline fatigue. Some things I openly resist, no matter how important they may be to me, such as paying bills. Others I'm more passive-aggressive {to myself!} about. For instance, despite knowing that I need to get more exercise, it's quite unlikely that I'll do anything about it.

Yet things like spiritual practice or exercise, I imagine, would be most effective if I neither forced them to happen, nor neglected them. There must be some intermediate point at which I just do what I need. That's what I'm searching for, these days, at least ...

Let's hope I find it. :-)