HABITS ! – the good, the bad, and the ugly

Today is Sunday.   It is a day that our family goes to Church and thanks God for the things we have in our lives.  -  and as I have always believed – some free therapy.  

We all having habits -  good and bad.  As I pointed out in a previous post, habits can be changed…… just do it for 21 days in a row and maybe you can change that habit.   I used to think of some of my habits were like a “drug”…. I was an addict…..If I could just get through the next 24 hours…..I could kick the habit.    Right now, every night, that bag of Reese’s peanut butter cups call out to me….. I can’t help myself…..tonight I will try to go cold turkey and fight the urge to have one -  If I can get thru that first day, the next day will be easier.   What do they say ?  “One is too many and a million is not enough ?”

Why is it so hard for us to just stop for a second and THINK….. do I really want to do this?   What are the ramifications to my actions…. Will it help me, will it hurt me, what is the effect on someone else.   What kind of reminders can I do that will help me “kick the habit”? 

As the end of daily light savings time ends, we all need that “good” habit of “change your clock , change your batteries “ in your smoke detectors.   Hey, It is only twice a year – but it can save your life.    Did you also know that you should replace the smoke detectors, I believe it was every ten years?   ( do you know how old your smoke detector is? – check the inside, it has a date).   I am not sure how I feel about the newer smoke detectors with the lithium batteries.   Am I going to really remember when the battery is suppose to be replaced.  Sometimes I can’t remember what I have to do next week, much less in ten years or so.   I put a sticker on my batteries when I put them in, so I always know when the battery was replaced last.   So maybe I can keep the habit but modify it to “change the clocks, CHECK the battery date”.  Seems workable.

So as I get ready to go to church, and get ready for some free therapy,  I know it will be about something that will help me be a better person…..Someway, somehow…..

And I will say prayers for those out there that are fighting too to “kick their own habits” whether they be to establish good ones or get rid of the bad and ugly ones.