4-15-2016

Mary’s Minute

 

"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits." — Mother Teresa

 

We all make mistakes, or in the words of Mother Teresa, we all sin.  We are human.  Mother Teresa gives us an interesting approach to our mistakes by reminding us that the real damage comes when we allow our mistakes to become bad habits.  This notion reminds me of a quote used in sports, "Don’t practice until you get it right; practice until you can’t get it wrong.”  The point is in the power of habits.  We don’t want mistakes to turn into bad habits, and we want things that are positive to turn into good habits.  Habits are powerful, and we need to remember that in order to avoid bad habits and to develop good ones.  Like everything else, part of the magnitude of the phenomena is recognizing it.  When we do something wrong, do we stop and think about how we insure it does not become a bad habit?  Or even more importantly, when we do something right, do we think about how we can practice doing it right so that we can’t get it wrong, so that it becomes a good habit?  I can say that I really had not given this idea a thought, but using Mother Teresa as an inspiration, I will work to use my sins as opportunities for change so that they do not become bad habits.

Have a great week!

Mary