Drawing lines

"Wherever you draw the lines is where the battle will be."

The dean of a small Christian college in the 50s said this about setting rules and boundaries for the students, but I think it can be applied across the board. Life is not going to be easy. Maintaining any kind of discipline, killing off old habits, setting standards and rules for yourself-- it will be a battle. But where will you draw the lines? Will you draw them low and close to yourself, so you're fighting just to break even without falling over? Or will you draw them high and far away, requiring effort and energy and giving you the opportunity to stretch and grow and travel to new heights? Will you be satisfied with the same lines, the same old battles, or will you continually reevaluate, re-draw, and push yourself further?

The choice you make now affects where you will stand 1, 10, 50 years from now. Will you be in the same place, wrapped in cobwebs and unable to see the light of day? Or will you be on a mountaintop with a new vantage point?