Discipline and manners

Five: Discipline and manners

We have been taught these things in an age when we were not even aware of our human existence I presume. Because I have been aware of these two things since my early childhood, but I never heard my parents telling us these things.

We knew that we will have to get out of bed at our own, clean the bed, brush our teeth, pack our school bags and leave for school. Leaving a neat and clean room behind.

When we are at any one else’s home, we will not disturb any thing, wont ask for any thing even if it’s a piece of heaven, wont touch a single thing without permission.

These small manners, and disciplines help us through out our life. I personally very strongly believe that discipline and manners taught from the family builts up the citizen.

We belong to different social standards, and we mix and mingle with people of different standards, so if we are taught from the childhood that we should not touch any thing which is not our, we learn to control greed, and slowly it moves out of our system.

If we practice to speak in a low volume, in a decent manner, we become more compatible to others.

If we learn to take care of our personal hygiene from very childhood it becomes a life long habit. But the parents should be looking over this portion, whether or not the child is doing it properly.

If we learn from the childhood to clean the mess we have created that will be a lesson to be treasured through out our live. That spares us from the habits of shoving dirt under carpet or leaving a messy place.

These small disciplines and manners, if taught from the very childhood become a part of one’s personality. It becomes a lot easier for the child when he grows up and enters the real world. He does not have to undergo drastical changes to fit the real world. Instead of that, he just have to undergo some minor changes to fit in.

Learning discipline and manners does not means one’s childhood is hampered, I can bet with anyone and everyone that the immense liberty and joy which I derived from that liberty is rarely enjoyed by any one. I was as free as a wild bird, after performing my duties, the discipline and manners only enhanced that joy. Because I knew my limits.

This combination of manners and independence made the foundations of a life which is extremely satisfactory and a personality which is ready and eager to face all types of challenge of life.