Good comment! I think "self-discipline" is, for most people, the hardest of all qualities to master, and that mastering it at a young age may well be easier than struggling to master it as we age. Name a serious failing of character and it seems invariably linked to some lack of self-discipline: marriages fail, jobs are lost, fights ensue, bankruptcy looms, and so many health problems arise, though we would choose to avoid them and could so much more often, if only self-discipline was not in such short supply when it could perhaps have saved the day. Would no one get sick, or divorce, find themselves financially challenged, and at odds with a neighbor, family member, or associate? Of course not. But self-discipline is more often the mark of someone more in control of an outcome, when the same circumstances might overwhelm others. The individual who practices self-discipline can more easily forgive herself, and others, while avoiding the many pitfalls that a lack of self-discipline makes others heirs to. The self-disciplined person tends to be less impuslive, more reliable and confident, and less focused on the limitations of others than they are knowledgable of their own. Surely "self-discipline" is something to strive for. Manolie