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Today's
Meditation:
Sometimes people talk too much about our bad habits,
the things we do regularly that hurt us and hurt
others. But we all also have good habits, don't
we? We do things that are helpful and constructive,
things that make life a bit easier and a bit more rich,
don't we? Perhaps it's important that we spend some
time looking at the good things that we do in our lives on
a regular basis, and give ourselves credit for
contributing to the positive side of the world.
Positive habits definitely don't have to be
earth-shattering in their impact. In fact, habits
tend to be those things that we do without thinking about
them, like throwing paper into a recycling bin instead of
a trash can, or picking up litter when we pass it, or
complimenting young people when we see them, or making
sure that we do our exercise regularly. All of these
things definitely do help us in our lives, even if that
help comes in the form of just giving us a sense of
satisfaction.
I think that one of the problems with habits is that we
often don't choose the habits that we make a
part of our lives. We sometimes just start doing
things because they're easy, and we keep on doing them
because they're easy. Sitting on the couch and
watching TV is definitely easier than sitting down with a
book and studying something or going for a walk if the
weather happens to be not perfect. But while that
ease can be enticing, it's not necessarily good, and it's
important that we actually choose the habits that we want
to live with instead of just allowing them to surface as a
result of ease.
I want my habits to be my friends. I want to have
habits that make my life richer, and that contribute to
the world instead of taking from it. If I do want
such habits, of course, I have to be aware of the things
that I do and the results of those things, and then I have
to choose between the ones that make my world better and
those that add nothing to my life or that take away from
its richness.
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