Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Discipline implies submission to orders or
rules. Our mind, like our body, needs a long course of discipline in order that
it might not be swayed by passions, prejudices, temptations, and other vices.
Discipline
must be enforced early in life. Discipline at home makes for the future
greatness of a boy. It forms his character, and makes him a fit citizen. The
child who is allowed to have his own way in all things becomes way-ward. He
will commit all sorts of excesses. But the child whose habits have been
disciplined and who has been taught at rise early, to attend to his lessons
properly, to take physical exercise at the proper time, and to avoid things
that are injurious, will grown up to be a useful member of society.
The
value of discipline is obvious in every walk of life. In certain spheres of
activity discipline is the first essential. For instance, in the army,
everyone, from the corporal to the general, has to pass through a very strict
discipline. If the soldier does not obey orders, if the officer does not obey
instructions, is that the former having been disciplined can act in concert,
while the latter cannot do so. We have a glowing example of discipline in the
army in Tennyson’s poem. “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” At the battle of Balaclava in obedience to an order from the commander 600
English soldiers charged a whole detachment of the Russian army. The soldiers
did not question the propriety of the order, which was obviously a blunder.
In civil affairs as well, the value of discipline
cannot be exaggerated. The government which administers the affairs of a
country with the help of a comparatively small number of men, can do so, only
because there is discipline among the men it employs. From the government down
to the village chowkidar all obey orders and follow instructions. If government
servants cease to obey orders the result in chaos. Similarly, in a family, the
members should obey its head. So discipline is of the utmost importance for the
stability.
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