I just received my copy of Richard S. Taylor's book "The Disciplined Life" thanks to the confronting culture blog for tipping me off to it.
I found the following quote by TR in the first chapter
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at
any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and
the get rich theory of life. - Theodore Roosevelt
His words were incredibly prophetic. What are some of the biggest threats to America today?
How about prosperity at any price (san you say free trade with China - a Marxist God and America hating nation that we are determined to call a friend because it makes the prices at Walmart oh so much cheaper)
How about Peace at any price ...Can you say Patriot Act or Son of Patriot? We are so determined to have peace that we will give up all our freedoms to obtain it. Yet some where way back in the history of this country there is a man crying out "Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. " How long till we learn.?
As for the Love of soft living and the get rich theory of life ... porn is THE largest/fastest growing industry in a country where most people identify themselves as "Christian".
What is the connection?
Discipline, or lack there of.
I am determined to kill the beast of undisciplined living in my family once and for all. It is discipline that separates the giants from the masses of mediocrity.
To that end I would welcome any other suggestions of books on discipline that you have found useful and techniques you use to cultivate discipline in your own lives and in your family life.
I followed the link, but could not find it. Do you have a permalink for the Taylor book?
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