Monday, August 11, 2008

Are You Asleep?

Habits and routines are, sometimes, helpful -- they give us a way to organize our lives, and often, this is necessary. We may have many commitments and obligations, and developing healthy, productive routines and habits can help us meet those commitments.

However, often, habits and routines can become more than just "helpful tools" that guide us; they can actually put us to sleep. They can serve to numb us from reality itself, from our very lives and our hearts. They can make us think or believe that we're aware and "doing stuff," when truly, we're on auto-pilot, following a routine or habit that has outlived its use.

In your life, look at all of your habits and patterns, and see which ones are enabling reality and which ones are preventing reality.

And guess which ones you want to drop?

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