Musings

To have a decent chance at pulling off (and sustaining) greatness, life will ask us to endure monotony and discomfort.

Then it will ask us to strive for a transcendent state where the repetitive drudgery becomes a matter of habit, and then stick with it until it becomes an enjoyable ritualโ€”to teach ourselves to love what we once hated (or to “have no preferences,” as Musashi once said) and forget about the reward, for it may or may not come.

It all starts with discipline.


Comments

16 responses to “Musings”

  1. Monotony, discomfort, transcendence, enjoyable rituals, unlikely rewards…You should know all about it; you’re a writer!

    Liked by 2 people

    1. Bread and butter, my friend.๐Ÿ˜†

      Liked by 1 person

  2. Again I digress. For I have zero discipline and yet I am already there. Perhaps it is the direction, the trajectory from which you speak. There are 2 directions one may travel when the thing to inspect is but 1 dimensional.

    Liked by 1 person

  3. Sings with truth ๐ŸŽถ

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜Š

      Liked by 1 person

  4. Simply put. Yes, discipline is the railroad tracks that I set my, I think I can ass on, and chugga chug a choo choo my way to a successful life. Thanks for writing.

    Liked by 2 people

    1. Yep, it’s the ticket to play, and then critical thinking is how to refine the game plan. Thanks for the complement!

      Liked by 1 person

  5. โ€œStick with it until it becomes an enjoyable ritual…โ€ I love what youโ€™ve written here. Rituals build consistency and consistency feeds discipline. Thank you!

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Yep, no problem! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Like

  6. Oh ny god this is so true you explained it so well . life can be bumpy journey until you gain a lisceence to be a good rider
    #Rhyming to that you a great writer ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‰
    And i legit just had a moment when you liked my one of post the though of you having so many followers and likes but actually took your time humbled your self to learn more is so beautiful of you

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Thank you for the compliments! ๐Ÿ˜˜(you looking at my Man Child pics? I try to keep myself in riding shape, LOL! ๐Ÿ˜† )I really just try to sayโ€”in my own wordsโ€”what seems to work and endure over time.

      Keep writingโ€”I love that you started a blog and threw some stuff out there for others to see! I can only speak from my own experience, but at a certain point, the words came easier and it became more and more reflexive over time. Nowadays, it’s kinda like brushing my teeth for me.๐Ÿ˜„

      Liked by 1 person

  7. And then sometimes in the words of the wise Freddie Mercury “I want to break free!” ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Liked by 1 person

    1. Never heard that before, but I agree for sure! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Liked by 1 person

      1. Ha! Classic! ๐Ÿ˜„

        Liked by 1 person

      2. ๐Ÿ™‚ Yep!

        Liked by 1 person

Leave a reply to Kalliope Cancel reply