Bad Habits Do Not Die

We all have habits. Some of them are good for us and some bad. Our life is essentially habitual in nature. We are what we do. 

Don't all of us, at some point in our lives, try to get rid of our bad habits? Do we succeed always? If you are like me, you will probably say 'NO!'. They are like zombies, we think they are dead but they reappear sooner or later.

Bad habits are the one that simply will not die.

To get rid of a bad habit you have to KILL IT! There is no use trying to beat it with a stick, hoping that it will die.  As long as you are beating it with the stick, it will be helpless and will fall down, presumably dead. You will then relax and throw away the stick. Unfortunately the bad habit has a nasty habit of rising from the dead and infecting you again and again. As long as you are on your guard it will pretend to be dead. The moment you let your guard down, chances are high that it will strike again.

What do we do then? Like I said before, to ultimately get rid of a habit, we will have to kill it so that it never rises again. To kill a bad habit, we must use all our force, all our willpower and end it with one good blow. You must eliminate it from your life in one final decision. No compromises can be accepted whatever. The decision is final!

To do this requires immense willpower and belief in yourself. You cannot compromise with your own life. You cannot accept this bad habit in your life. That's the way to kill it forever.

Take an example of smoking or drinking. Its a habit which plagues almost everyone on the planet. Yet how many are able to quit smoking/drinking for good? We make successful attempts only to 'fall' into the bad habit again. Yet we see many others who have successfully quit. To quit drinking or smoking you have to kill it the moment you decide you want to get rid of it. You have to STOP completely in one go. No use telling yourself you will smoke only 3-4 cigarettes or drink only occasionally. The habit will not go away. 

Its a moments decision which will decide its fate.

 

Muster the courage, develop a willpower of steel and simply kill the habit with one swift blow. Be determined that you will never accept it in your life again.

Kill the bad habits and live a better life.