Thursday, May 28, 2009

Falling off the horse

That’s the thing about good habits. You identify what you need to do. You work for it. You struggle for it. Day after day. Make it a habit. Make it something that if you didn’t do it, you’d feel like you’d missed something. Hit. Hit it hard.

And then you slip. And you feel funny. Something’s missing. Oh, that’s it.

But then you only feel funny for a few days. It nags, it bothers. But then it goes away. And you’re right back to your old habits. Old habits are stronger than good habits. And it’s almost harder to re-start a good habit than it was to start it in the first place. Doesn’t matter if it makes you feel better. Doesn’t matter if it’s good for you.

Being good is hard.

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