"Discipline means control. Self-discipline is self-control. It
means getting yourself to do what is important to do, rather
than being a leaf in the wind of your thoughts or feelings You
don't lose control of yourself when you feel hurt or angry, but
decide how you are going to talk and what you are going to do.
With self-discipline, you take care of yourself." -excerpts from
the Virtues cards with permission from The Virtues Project™ I
recently read about a study which had been done with
kindergartners. Each child in the group was given a piece of
candy and told they had a choice about eating it. They could eat
it right away, or if they waited five minutes, they would get
another piece. If they waited 30 minutes to eat it, they would
get the whole box of candy. Many of the children ate the piece
right away, several ate it at the five minute point; several
others waited patiently for 30 minutes, while distracting
themselves with other things. All of the children were followed
in the study through college. The