The Habit of Avoiding & Fearing Change

We justify our habits

Yet we complain about our unsatisfactory lifestyle.

We have a GPS on our phones.

It gives directions to get out of a “bad neighborhood”

Yet many of us love driving in circles here

And waste more time driving through the same cul-de-sacs everyday.

People fear change.

It’s deeply ingrained for some of us.

There’s a story of a woman who cooked ham every Thanksgiving.

She sliced off the sides of the ham and never pondered about her process.

One year,

Her daughter asked why she cut the sides.

Mom shrugged.

“That’s just how Grandma made it.”

During dinner,

Grandma mentioned her mother always doing this method.

Then Great-Grandma began to chuckle.

She replied:

“I cut the sides because I didn’t have a pan big enough to bake the entire thing!”

What habits are you unconsciously following?