Man is an habitual animal
Quite true! We all define ourselves, and others, through habits; he is a worrier, she is a cry-baby, they are annoying (yes funny as it may sound annoying is a habit as well) and so on and on. Like so many of the other things in this life, habits also exist in pairs and we have duly categorised them as good and bad habits. The good habits should be here to stay, contrary to popular belief, it is a lot harder to maintain a good habit than a bad habit quite simply because of that modicum of extra effort required. The bad habits is what I am concerned about, not because they are bad but because there is a deeper meaning behind them that people fail to see. Although, completely subjective is how we define bad habits, there are still some we can identify as bad. We all know of the individual who has rationalised their shortcomings.
Onto the bad habits we move. Bad habits always have a to take root somewhere and sometime. The habit itself just doesn't pop out all of a sudden. Voila! I now will start to be arrogant. It never happens that way and sadly that is how most people tend to view others like that. The pot takes time to simmer and so too with such habitual fallings. Having people give up on a bad habit is a lot easier if we can go back and trace where the seed was planted and almost always we will find the "X" marking the spot. The bullseye.
The gist of an argument is always best illustrated by an example and I firmly believe, that by defining extremes, (impossible as it is, we can give it our best effort) we can then easily locate where something lies in the spectrum of what we are to elaborate upon. Take for instance OCDs (obsessive compulsive disorders), they are bad not because whatever is being carried out is bad, although that could be the case, but the point being here is that they take up so much of one's time by fretting over minute details where this time and energy could be better and more positively directed. The OCD of washing hands incessantly to keep oneself clean is a prime example. Cleaning hands is a good thing but not when done to an extreme. We should try to delve into what is the basis for this obsession. Usually one can identify some sort of paranoia or other misconception of the sort. Once the root has been identified it is much easier to proceed to solve the problem.
Onto the bad habits we move. Bad habits always have a to take root somewhere and sometime. The habit itself just doesn't pop out all of a sudden. Voila! I now will start to be arrogant. It never happens that way and sadly that is how most people tend to view others like that. The pot takes time to simmer and so too with such habitual fallings. Having people give up on a bad habit is a lot easier if we can go back and trace where the seed was planted and almost always we will find the "X" marking the spot. The bullseye.
The gist of an argument is always best illustrated by an example and I firmly believe, that by defining extremes, (impossible as it is, we can give it our best effort) we can then easily locate where something lies in the spectrum of what we are to elaborate upon. Take for instance OCDs (obsessive compulsive disorders), they are bad not because whatever is being carried out is bad, although that could be the case, but the point being here is that they take up so much of one's time by fretting over minute details where this time and energy could be better and more positively directed. The OCD of washing hands incessantly to keep oneself clean is a prime example. Cleaning hands is a good thing but not when done to an extreme. We should try to delve into what is the basis for this obsession. Usually one can identify some sort of paranoia or other misconception of the sort. Once the root has been identified it is much easier to proceed to solve the problem.
posted by rehanmalick | 7:37 PM
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