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Much of the character, usefulness and happiness of home depend upon home
habits. No one is without habits, good or bad. They have much to do with
our welfare here and hereafter. Hence the importance of establishing proper
habits.
Habit is a state of any thing, implying some continuance or permanence. It
may be formed by nature or induced by extraneous circumstances. It is a
settled disposition of the mind or body, involving an aptitude for the
performance of certain actions, acquired by custom or frequent repetition.
There are habits of the body, of the mind, of action; physical, mental,
moral and religious habits. All these are included in the term home-habits.
Habit has been considered an "ultimate fact," that is, one of those
qualities of life which are found to exist, and beyond which no
investigation can be made. Habit may be referred to the law of action which
pervades all vital being. Nature demands the repetition of vital action,
and habit arises from this demand and from the manner in which it is
supplied. It is the fruit of the operation of the law of repetition of
action in all life. Hence it is, that habit becomes a part of our very
existence, and that the well-being and happiness of our existence depend so
much upon it.
The facility of action depends upon habit. In proportion as the actions of
life become a habit, they will be easily performed, and performed with
pleasure.
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