Category: Habits

HabitFast Journey-Day 15-Grateful Heart

One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong is worth a thousand thanks when things go right.

— John of Avila —

Read and reflect on the quote above.  How often do you thank Him when things go wrong?   Having an attitude of gratitude (being grateful in ALL situations) is a peaceful way to be.  I have found the level of my gratitude to be inversely proportionate to my need to seek approval, security and control…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 14-THINK!

A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.

— Frank A. Clark —

      It takes intentional preparation, thought and action to overcome a bad habit or to start and continue a new productive habit. “Think first and then respond” is an ability only human beings have.  All other animals simply respond based upon the type of animal they are and what their instincts tell them….

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HabitFast Journey-Day 13-Wrong to Right

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‘I release the need for this in my life'.

— Wayne Dyer —

Nuff said. HabitFast Journey Action Steps: 1.  Start the day-reflect, meditate, journal and prayerfully turn your plan over to God. 2.  Continue the day- stay in conscience contact with God. 3.  End of day evaluation- reflect, review, journal and give yourself a grade for the day. 4.  End of day planning-review your HabitFast Plan and note your…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 12-Starve Your Self-Doubt

Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

— Vitoria Moran —

Ok, we are only a few days into our HabitFast and I am certain some of you are already having doubts.  Self-doubt is a tool the devil uses so we will stay as we are and not improve.  The key to combating self-doubt is to WANT the future YOU more than the present you while replacing…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 11-Books, People, Thoughts

My life - my personality, my habits, even my speech – is a combination of the books I choose to read, the people I choose to listen to, and the thoughts I choose to tolerate in my mind.

— Andy Andrews —

  What books are you reading? Who are you listening to? What thoughts are you tolerating? The answers to these three questions will tell you why you are what you are today and where you will be in the future. HabitFast Journey Action Steps: 1.  Start the day-reflect, meditate, journal and prayerfully turn your plan over…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 10-Now is the Future

If you don’t decide what your life is about, it defaults to what you spend your days doing.

— Robert Brault —

How intentional are you when it comes to living your life today in order to be what you want to be tomorrow?  Every decision you make is taking you one step closer to or one step farther away from the person you aspire to be and the life God wants you to have.   HabitFast…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 9-On Purpose

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

— Unknown —

And if you are doing the HabitFast Journey, you have something to be “on purpose” about. A life well lived is a life lived on purpose.   “One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present.  That ability can give you a completely…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 8-Progress over Perfection

If breaking a habit has been hard for you to do, hard for you even to face, then a helping hand is in order.

— Kenneth Schwarz —

Today is the DAY you begin starving an old habit and/or creating new productive habits. A couple of thoughts: 1.  Don’t feel as though you need to be perfect during this journey.  If a slip up turns into a set up for an even better HabitFast Journey, don’t throw in the towel.  The ultimate measure…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 7-The Best Day Starts the Night Before

The start of a perfect day begins the night before.

— Matthew Kelly —

This is Day 7 of our preparatory phase of the 2015 HabitFast Journey. The final step in this process of preparing you for success in starving or starting your habit requires some discipline on your part as I strongly encourage you to reflect, journal and pray twice daily during your HabitFast Journey.   Journaling and praying for…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 6 – Tracking Progress

If you do not pour water on your plant, what will happen? It will slowly wither and die. Our habits will also slowly wither and die away if we do not give them an opportunity to manifest. You need not fight to stop a habit. Just don’t give it an opportunity to repeat itself.

— Swami Satchidananda —

Great stuff from the Swami…don’t give your bad habit an opportunity to repeat itself. We are almost ready to start our 40 day fast…and if some of you have already started…no problem.  The next step of the preparatory phase involves creating a scorecard to track your progress. You will need to designate a page or…

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