January 22

Due to the cold being pushed around so bitterly by a nasty stiff wind, I'm thinking of coasting today, like lounging in the old recliner with a good book. If it would snow some or just stay cloudy would help that sit a lot. Even with cold, a sunny sky sometimes creates a little bit of guilt to interfere with my minds interpretation of the words of the books story. My tiny little mind can't handle many sneaky foreign thoughts wondering about therein.

I've always done a lot of minding and should have it down pretty pat after 66 years but I'm not sure the old mind has been with me full time. Anyway, in the past I have tried to mind my manners and still do to some degree. I usually mind Glenda and at times lots of other folks, no matter my own opinion. I really mind others that don't try being courteous. I mind some of the direction that I get from Glenda. I mind some of them including many of those that I mind. Matter of fact there are many, that I mind even tho I mind them quite a bit.

I'm not sure, but after reading this I suspect I must have been through another spell of mindlessness. The note seems to have suffered but there was no pain for me nor was I able to tell that it was absent. It must be a pretty common occurrence in my life.

Experts in human behavior say it takes 21 repetitions to break a bad habit or to establish a new one. That means if you do something every day, after three weeks it will become an almost automatic response -- a habit. Continue for another 21 days and you will have established a lifelong habit. That's six weeks to change your life.

I now see why I try to send a message everyday even tho I rarely have anything worthwhile to say...........I've done stumbled myself into the CREATION of a bad HABIT!

Habit applies to a behavior or practice so ingrained that it is often done without conscious thought: “Habit rules the unreflecting herd” (William Wordsworth) .....Duh!