FORCE OF HABIT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 237, 5 October 1940, Page 3 (Supplement)

FORCE OF HABIT

rare all controlled by our habits. We grow up in environments that create them. We develop into superior examples of humanity or otherwise, depending almost entirely on our daily habits. Some people unconsciously acquire health, habits—a certain amount of exercise each day becomes a part of their routine. They eat their meals at the dictate* of a splendid appetite, they insist on securing the specific foods needed to thoroughly nourish the body. Adherence to vitality-building rules should become an important factor in our lives. It ia impossible to overemphasis the tremendous influence of habits. Analyse your daily routine. Find out its exact effect upon you. And do not be afraid to make this analysis | very careful and searching in its details, j for your success or failure will depend upon what you learn from such reasoning. You have doubtless fallen into certain bad habits. Sometimes they are very serious. They assume the form of habits which gradually destroy body and mind And no matter how much knowledge you possess as to the care of your body, there is always much more to learn. Every day presents its lesson, <$> — —

and more and more information is gradually acquired. Some people follow a rigid regime. They never vary in the slightest degree. This is not always desirable. Don't be afraid to experiment. Don't thoughtle66ly cast aside new ideas. They often result in changing one's entire life. They often bring information that eaves health and sometimes life itself. Good Habits Habits master us, hold us down or build us up. And we should endeavour to be sure that the schedule we are following is definitely upbuilding. Ia your diet everything that can be desired? Do you bring a keen appetite to meal time? Do you recognise the necessity for thorough mastication and the full enjoyment of your food? Are you fully master of your actions? Can yon compel yourself to follow certain rules after you have been convinced they are desirable? All these and a great many other questions are important for guiding one into profitable channels. It is therefore desirable to form good habits. Those which tend to make one vital, vigorous, careful, studious, enthusiastic and ambitious.