It also connotes being able to stick to a difficult path, despite temptations, as in the phrase 'self-discipline'. The distinction between discipline and punishment come out clearly, I think, in how we use the two phrases 'self-discipline' and 'self-punishment'. The first is a strength. The latter dysfunctional.
The city and county of Denver is surrounded by suburbs on all sides, with each suburb as a separate city in most cases. Aurora, one of the largest suburbs, lies to the east of Denver. Westminster lies to the north of Denver, and features the Butterfly Pavilion. All photos Â© Nina Snyder, licensed to About.com.
Denver is in the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor, between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east. Denver's topography consists of plains in the city center with hilly areas to the north, west and south. According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 155 square miles (401 km2), of which 153 square miles (396 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (1.1%) is water.