Sunday Story…Ritual and Habit

We do many things because that’s the way we have always done them. There are very good reasons for this...it brings stability, gives us a foundation to build on, and creates a ritual around which we can find space to move ahead. 

I like rituals and habits, they feel comfortable and I find a certain freedom inside that keeps me on point for the tasks ahead. Inside the container allows for certain movement.

That being said, when those habits and rituals become an unthinking rote response are they truly serving their purpose? Are there other options, other new and more effective ways to achieve a better result? Or even more important, are we even using the same measurements to get to the same goal?

At what point do the habits and rituals get in the way of trying to get better or do better or be better? And at what point will we realize that our adherence to the usual way of doing things is standing in the way of real progress?

Opportunities abound if only we can look outside the wall of habits we have constructed around ourselves.

John Mariotti

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