When one endeavors to change a habit,
We often waiver and then fall flat…
Yet what if we were to then pick ourselves up - try to implant the habit again,
Rather than leaving it on the ‘ain’t happening’ mat…
Often we hear the lines ‘don’t give up’ and ‘Keep trying you’ll get it next time’,
When struggling through trying to achieve something big or new,
Why not for habits we’re trying to implant in our day to make our lives better?
They can be just as hard - thus all the more needing of the encouragement too.
For sometimes when we’re attempting to change our lives,
What we’re replacing does its best to survive ‘fore the new thrives,
Creating many a challenge we’re often underprepared to face,
Especially if ’tis a new years resolution lackadaisically in place…
Yet when one does keep trying to create said new habit,
One may have times when they feel a bit like a rabbit,
Bouncing erratically between the old and the new,
Until finally the desired element breaks its way through!
Thus to those in this world trying to change their lifestyle,
Be patient, keep trying ~ for habit implementation can take a while,
’Tis not simply a seraphic moment of one making a decision to compile,
An element into ones day with a word and a smile;
For the greatest challenge of a habit ’tis getting it to stick,
Otherwise its nothing more than trying something out for a bit,
Yet we often find even months in falling back into the old’s comfort,
That we’re going to be struggling for a longer while with it…
Remember though ’tis what one shall gain in the end,
Once the new element is implemented fully as a habit my friend,
That shall make ones evolution through the many challenges great,
All worth the mayhem and discomfort to change the path to life’s fate.
The Poetic Life 2.0 