Discipline and Formulae

 Discipline and Formulae

‘Not all great men were disciplined and not all disciplined men were great’

We have all been taught through the years that Discipline is a must for any person who would want to succeed in life. The issue with discipline is that it when it was being formatted (in simple terms); an individual point of view wasn’t taken into account because the people who framed these approached it in way to make it look like a formula. But life isn’t perfect like science. It is not a straight line graph which we can predict by using an equation; we have our ups and downs. We move forward when we are motivated, we get stuck or fall into the deepest pit when we feel low or depressed.

We fall in love, we face tragedies, we lose battles, we get discouraged, we get afraid and try to run away from problems but at the end of the day we fall in bed hoping to fight another day. All this wasn’t taken into account when our ancestors “framed” the concept of discipline. I believe they even forgot that times change, the generation changes, needs of the people change. We face situations we aren’t prepared to face but are forced to, at that time discipline isn’t what helps us face them, but our strength, our courage and our instincts.

When we ask the importance of discipline, most of us have received the same bullshit examples like being an early bird gives you more time and freshens your mind, or washing your hands before dinner. These aren’t examples, they are a few of the many basic hygiene principles many but not everybody follows. A doctor or a nurse who works in a 24/7 hospital with 48 hour shifts aren’t supposed to wake up at 5:30 in the morning. It may seem harsh, but I think discipline is for the weak. The strong-willed don’t need it and the weak think of it as a pathway to perfection for they can’t figure out a way to make one for themselves.

Newton slept for 2 hours a night when he felt like it, Einstein would sleep 10 hours a day, Tesla would forget to eat for days when he thought he was on the verge of a discovery and we all know what they accomplished. Discipline isn’t what drove them to greatness, it was passion and restlessness. Perfection has never been the way to greatness. Discipline has always focused on training our minds to achieve near-perfection. Making adjustments is what makes us human. Setting up a schedule on what to do and when to do may help us get into a routine but when we enter a new environment adaptability is what matters.

Many strong men believe in discipline and its power to train a person become stronger. I don’t think that discipline is a waste of time or energy. It’s just that not every person was born to be disciplined and not everyone craves perfection. Forcing discipline onto someone is not always the better option. Even those who are unwilling to be disciplined can be disciplined, but the world doesn’t need perfect humans, it needs thinkers who are capable of molding themselves in situations. It doesn’t need followers; it needs leaders who are capable of handling situations not with severity but with a clear mind. There is no general solution to all human problems. Trying to create one only results in its ultimate downfall. We weren’t born to be perfect, we were born to make examples, whether good or bad it lies in our hands.

Truly,

ENIGMA.