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THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED

DISCIPLINE
The Discipline section of M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled first deals with life’s difficulties. He makes it clear that we all have problems and pain but we have to deal with it to get by and to make life less difficult. “Life is difficult... Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.”(p.15)
The four main points of the Discipline section are delaying gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to reality and balancing. These four points are referred to as tools to solve life’s problems. By using these tools one is able to overcome
anything that life throws his or her way.
Delaying gratification as Peck puts it is “a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and......

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