Theme: habit
2 reflections tagged with "habit"
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The Power of Small Habits
Confucius observes that people begin life with similar basic capacities, but over time, what they repeatedly practice (習) shapes them, creating large differences. Habitual actions, guided by teaching and ritual, carve character.
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The Power of Habit
Confucius uses the vivid image of building a hill basket by basket. Whether one stops just short of finishing or has barely begun, the responsibility is the same: it is the individual who decides to continue or to quit. Progress lies in the next basket, not in some distant leap.