Lack of Discipline

One lesson that I have learned thought my entire life was to keep a steady balance. I remember very clearly that when I was about twelve years old my aunt decided to try a new diet. This diet consisted of only eating fruit. After some time she realized that she had lost a lot of weight and decided that she could now eat all that she wanted. Once again she gained the weight she had once lost. When I was reading the Gita I discovered that it mentioned exactly that “Gluttons have no discipline, nor the man who starves himself, nor he who sleeps excessively or suffers wakefulness.” (6-16) it once again showed me the importance of having a balance in life. It will not only be more healthy physically but emotionally as well and will make you a better person.

A few pages later I saw another message which caught my attention. It talked about double failures “Doomed by his double failure, is he not like a cloud split apart, unsettled, deluded on the path of infinite spirit?” (6-38) I was able to relate to this message very clearly because going back to my aunt I realize that by going on the diet she had to make a sacrifice. When she finished the diet and once again started eating she lost all of her progress. This is a double loss were she had to sacrifice something she liked for nothing. Just because of a lack of discipline and the will to complete her goal she lost all of her progress.