“So, perhaps I shouldn’t have any habits at all,” Priscilla thought out loud.
“You cannot help it,” I smiled. “Habits form whenever you repeat any behavior. Repeated behaviors fire in the brain and the more those behaviors fire, the more they wire together.”
“So, my habits determine who I am?” Priscilla puzzled.
“If you want to predict what a person will do, examine their habits. It is who they are. The biggest problem with changing a habit, is that it changes who you are. Most people are not willing to take that bet, so they stay the same. They refuse the call to adventure, because that would require a different person to respond to the call.”
This is a terrific message, and on some level explains addiction, even to something as simple as coffee habits