Nothing but trouble the last week maintaining a connection to the internet. No resolution in sight.

I am not overly concerned. Eventually it will be fixed.

I am  struck by how used to the internet I have become for all sorts of information.

I began thinking about the little daily routines I have created for myself.

I hear my little voice telling me to finish what I am supposed to do. Sometimes it is simply impractical due to my location and time.

I encourage each of you to recognize your patterns. Make small changes that will help to keep you alert. We do so much by rote. Changing up sharpens your alertness.

Put your keys in a new location.

Exercising the moment you wake up.

Quit smoking.

Lose weight.

Drive a different route to work.

We have a subconscious, and we program it to give us the behaviors we get.

We get those behaviors because we have taught our subconscious that what we want it to give us what we ask for.

We were not born smoking, but acquired the habit, and we feel uncomfortable stopping.

The main discomfort is not the withdrawal from the nicotine but the mental task of retraining your subconscious to recognize that smoking is not a habit you want to continue.

Altering the habit requires the desire to change and the strength to follow through.

We act the way we have taught our subconscious.

Were I to extend my hand for a handshake and say “hi,” you would shake my hand. That is the reaction you have taught your subconscious.

Were I to pull my hand away at the last second, you would be unsettled because that was unexpected. You would think, “Why did he do that?” Or “What a jerk!’

When matters are not as anticipated, we grow uncomfortable.

Only you can change those behaviors.

Look for ways to do things a little differently.

I learned in a biology class the body wants to stay the same — or even return to the way it knows is comfortable.

I was asked to plunge my elbow in a bucket of iced water. Thermometers were placed on my left and right arms.

Once my elbow was in ice, the thermometer started to drop. After awhile, the thermometer on the other arm also fell. The temperature on the arm with the elbow in ice began to rise. The other temperature climbed, too. My whole body was attempting to stabilize its temperature. Ultimately it did.

Body and mind innately desire to remain the same.

If we never change, our lives never progress.

Make small changes. Your awareness will soar.

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