Emotions and discipline

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He often compares himself to a wordsmith. Every morning when he goes to a sidewalk coffee shop, ordering a glass of dark ice without concentrated sugar, he sees a vibrant world, sometimes bustling around. The girl at the next table has red eyes because of heartbreak, the guy in the corner is shouting loudly on the phone, his hand smashing the table loudly because of a broken contract. And the old man has a tense face as if he just argued with his wife, whining and scolding the shop owner this morning for making coffee harder than usual.

Some people say: Living means burning yourself out with emotions!

It sounds romantic, but standing from the perspective of a writer who has tasted enough of life, I see that "burning" is often more like a fire than a work of art. Emotions, in the final analysis, are a flame. It ignites our first waves of life, it ignites the flame of passion so that we stay up all night writing a song full of expectations. But that flame is also ready to burn down the entire career house or relationships if we accidentally "ignite" in the wrong place.

If emotion is a flame, then discipline is the ceramic vase that locks that flame. Some artists often nag that discipline will kill creativity. But think about it, a free flame in a dry meadow will create a desolate forest fire; while the flame shaped in a storm light can guide sailors across the dark ocean.

The disciplinary vase does not extinguish the flame, it keeps the fire burning persistently, safely and not blown away by a wind blowing through. The so-called "inspiration" is actually an undisciplined and sulky child. Today he is happy, he visits, tomorrow he is sad, he disappears. If a writer only writes when he has emotions, he will definitely starve before he can finish the first chapter of the novel. Discipline is that even if you are so bored today that you want to abandon life, you still sit at the table on time, tapping evenly. It is that even though the anger is rising so fiercely that you want to "throw" at the face of a hateful colleague, the disciplinary vase still holds you back, smiles gently and says: Let's discuss work!

Living in life, bravery does not lie in how much you dare to burn, but in how well you control your fire. Don't let emotions be controlled indiscriminately, and then after a minute of glorious "burning", you will have a whole life of cleaning up the ruins and ruins. Train yourself a disciplined vase that is really thick and solid. That vase does not suffocate your soul, it only helps the passionate fire inside you burn wisely, warmly and shine for longer.

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