No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
— Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that- is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences.
_- W.H. Auden_.