Martha Graham said "Only through discipline can you attain true freedom." But freedom of what? Freedom from guilt of not doing it right? Freedom from having to practice something over and over? Freedom from getting yelled at? Freedon from others judgement?
Now. . . my dog, Maximus, has a little discipline issue. He is in the "puppy adolecent" stage as I like to call it. But, why would he have incentive to change? Dogs after all "don't do guilt" and wrong is an intellectually relative term that I fear he can't quite grasp. So, why be disciplined? Isn't it far more exciting to just run around and follow the whims of the moment? Scratch when you want to scratch, sleep when you want to sleep, bark when you want to bark and bolt when you want to bolt.
Can you imagine going through a day following your inner impulses in such an unadulterated manner? Perhaps you should try it. That's it. . . go ahead! Live it up!
. . . but don't blame me when the sh*t hits the fan!
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