Habit
What should I do to overcome this habit?
Professor Ramakant was explaining
the science of 'habits' during a lecture on
psychology, “Habits are a result of our
opinions which eventually become our
behavioural pattern. What Mahatma
Gandhi said about habits decades ago still
holds true for us.” Saying so, he
approached the white board and started
writing Gandhiji's quote.
'Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.'
After reading the quote, Vidhi
remembered some events of her life and
felt as if Ramakant Sir was delivering the
lecture to make her aware of her habits.
She started reminiscing about events
from her past.
Once she had returned late from school.
As she reached home, her mother
Bhavanaben asked her, “Why are you late,
kiddo?”
“I was playing with my friends after
school”, she replied.
“You have started becoming irresponsible
lately.” her mother quipped. “You better
focus on your studies.”
Vidhi got late again the next day.
She wanted to speak the truth, but
remembering previous day's experience,
she lied to her mother to avoid being
rebuked.“I stayed back at school for a
drama practice for the upcoming
competition