“Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.” KnowsHabitSafeMiracleBlowExtremesShakesInsecurityPushingSubstitutesTrustedPush YourselfCobwebs Author:Robert Genn
“Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The trick is to get used the clean feeling of having decided, instead of sitting on a fence.” ShowsFeelingsUsedDecisionHabitSittingDecidedCleanBlowTricksDecision MakingFence Author:David Allen
“O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you.” FirstsSpiritWindHabitCleanBlowOilEnthusiasmDustObedienceFirst Love Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“To tear ourselves away from the everyday, from habit, from mental laziness which hides from us the strangeness of reality, we must receive something like a real bludgeon blow.” RealRealityTearsHabitEverydayBlowLazinessStrangeness Author:Eugene Ionesco