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# I Am Habit
- URL: https://www.spiritualperspectives.org/i-am-habit/
- Published: 2013-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Author: Robert E. Sly
- Tags: Articles, #Import 2026-07-23 22:02

> It is mighty hard to shake me;  
> In my brawny arms I take thee;  
> I can either make or break thee;  
> I am habit!  
>  
> Through each day I slowly mold thee;  
> Soon my tight’ning chains enfold thee;  
> Then it is with ease I hold thee;  
> Thus is habit!  
>  
> I can be both good and vile;  
> I can e’en by worth your while,  
> Or the cause of your bitter cry;  
> Oft I’ve proved myself a pleasure;  
> Proved myself a priceless treasure,  
> Or a menace past all measure;  
> Harmless though I sometimes seem, yet  
> My strange force is like a magnet,  
> Like a great and greedy dragnet;  
> Though you sometimes fear or doubt me,  
> No one yet has lived without me;  
> I am present all about thee;  
> Choose me well when you are starting;  
> seldom is an easy parting;  
> I’m a devil or a darling!

\[from the *Rowlett Exhorter*, September 1, 2013\]