The Care and Feeding of a Habit

A workman on a construction site went through the same routine every day at noon: He'd open his lunch box, peer inside, then curse and complain: "Peanut butter and jelly again! I hate peanut butter and jelly!"

This went on for weeks, until one day one of his co-workers suggested that if he hated peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so much, he should tell his wife.

"What wife?" he bellowed. "I'm not married. I fix my own lunch!"

The same thing is true, in one way or another, for all of us: Most of what we like least about our lives is of our own making.

If you're sick and tired of something that's happening in your life, look around and see, exactly, who is doing it to you.

Then remember that you do have a choice: You can keep eating peanut butter and jelly, or you can try something new. It's up to you.

But don't get hooked on baloney, either!


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