Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.*
Seneca

The ability …
… to work hard
… to say no
… to practice good habits and set boundaries
… to train and prepare
… to avoid temptations and provocations
… to keep your emotions in check
… to endure painful difficulties.*
Ryan Holiday

What the point of all that discipline?

Freedom to become and,
Out of our becoming,
To give.

To do what you want, when you want,
How you want, for whom you want:
I and Thou,**
I-in-Now.^

*Ryan Holiday’s Discipline is Destiny;
**Martin Buber’s I and Thou;
^Otto Scharmer’s Theory U.