If we are being really honest with ourselves, we must admit
that each of us has a master. I don’t mean a boss, an employer, or a team
leader or someone else who orders us around from time to time. I mean we are each
slaves. Twenty-four seven, three hundred and sixty-five days a year, slaves.
We live in constant subjugation to our habits, whether good
or bad. Habits rule our lives. They are the building blocks of our days, weeks,
months and years. To a great extent, our habits determine where we end up in
life and how much joy and fulfillment we experience along the way. In many respects,
our lives are a product of our habits.
However, even though we are in bondage to our habits, that
servitude is not fixed. Unlike a traditional slave, we have the freedom to
choose our master.
We can flee the ruthless and destructive habits that wreak
havoc in our lives, but only if we run to a new master. We can only break those
bonds by creating new ones – replacing our cruel master with new, constructive habits.
It is not an easy task, but it can be done.
We may be slaves, but we are not helpless. We have agency. Good
or bad habits – we must choose which will rule in our lives.
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