I’ve been wondering recently… why is it that so many of us keep repeating the same old same old, gripe about it, swear we are going to change and then stir and repeat.
Then I started thinking… when I changed my mind only — history kept repeating itself. I have some serious will-power at times, but there are certain things that are beyond my own self-will to change. A mind thing. But when I change my heart AND mind, light shines on a new day. Something about combining both heart and mind in the effort to change seems to subvert the Groundhog’s Day phenomenon.
Of course, when I turn to some spiritual truth and wrap that about both heart and mind… it makes for a nearly unbreakable strand of positive change. Perhaps God will hear my half hearted mutters about quitting chocolate, but I don’t think anything is REALLY going to change until I become a little less half-hearted and incorporate the 3 in 1 principle.
What have you used to change an entrenched behavior pattern? Have you EVER experienced the spontaneous combustion of a bad habit? Osmosis work for you? Suggestions welcome.
