SELF CONTROL FOR LIFE
Self-Control is one of the most important virtues in the life of an individual. It encompasses every area pertaining to an individual’s livelihood from sunrise to sunset. If a person lucks self-control in his life, he may be termed as a no-body in some quarters as self-control determines your character.
What is self-control? It is the ability to control one’s action. It is often said that an individual’s action first starts in the mind; you think it, feel it then act it. So if you think to control your mind to a certain direction, then you will act in that direction. Somehow your feelings will be forced to move in that direction hence influencing your actions.
Your behaviour defines you. If you have positive behaviours that draw people towards you then you have a good character. On the other hand if your behaviour is such that it drives people away from you, then it means you are not very likeable and your behaviour is negative in nature. But where does this negative behaviour and actions come from? A writer once said that how you perceive yourself determines your actions by what you reflect from your innermost self which in turn influence’s what you think about your life’s circumstances.
How do you perceive yourself? What do you want to reflect from your innermost self? How can you bring out the best in you through your thoughts? This is something only you can do, no-one else can do it for you. It means you have to take hold of yourself, sit yourself down someplace and think through these things and determine what you really want. Then act. But keep in mind, positive thoughts bring back positive actions. So one needs to be determined to perceive positive thoughts, reflect on positive innermost self in order to obtain positive behaviours and outcomes. The vice is also true, but then again, it only leads to destruction or captivity.
Does this then need special skill to achieve? To some extent yes, but practise is the best teacher as it enables one to move from one level to the next. Self-control is a skill that you alone can practise and obtain expertise while at it. This expertise cannot be achieved in a day, it means taking a step at a time. There may be times you find yourself going a step or two backward or falling along the way. Don’t lose hope, with determination and hope, you can rise again and forge forward. Such is life. A baby develops the skill of learning to walk by falling several times, don’t give up. Keep at it and one day you will wake up to find yourself running! Have a positive perspective in your life, and you will make a success of it!
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