Dealing with negative Habits!

Life is filled with choices and it depends on us as to what we want to choose and why we choose it. What we are today is the result of choices we made at some point of time in our life. Many are hooked into habits that are detrimental to an extent, which has destroyed their career, health and families.

When one habit gets ingrained, especially the negative ones, a person finds impossible to shun the habit when he/she actually wants to come out. The general misconception that people have is that they are in perfect control and can operate the habits in their terms, which is not actually true.

'If you find yourself struggling to build a good habit or break a bad one, it is not because you have lost your ability to improve. It is often because you have not yet crossed the Plateau of Latent Potential (persist long enough for a breakthrough). Complaining about not achieving success despite working hard is like complaining about an ice cube not melting when you heated it from twenty-five to thirty-one degrees. Your work was not wasted; it is just being stored. All the action happens at thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.'. Atomic Habits

Think with me on this, what if each one thinks it is my life and my choice? It will be disastrous. Our personal habits and behavior have ripple effects on others too. This is exactly how the rapists, child traffickers and fascist think and contribute to the depravity of the society and our country.

In addition to this, another area to consider and be conscious of is the moral framework. Sadly, the moral framework now, to a larger extent has been made relative and makes people forget that it has an effect on others whether it is good or bad habits. The Bible states that out of the man’s heart comes evil thoughts that leads to evil work that has a serious implication on the society. You cannot solve from within. You need a Savior from outside who has a capacity to look into your heart and deliver you and me from areas and habits that captivates us for bad.

James Clear in his book "Atomic Habits" points out how these stages work to form good or bad habits. Avoiding the cues at the source will do much good, failing which we will end up hooked into all sort of negative habits that will have a serious impact.

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