I Am ....

[cyb]

The Habit​

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them
- quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed - you must be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons,
I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of great people, and alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine though
I work with the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a person.
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin
- it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I?

I am Habit.​

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[untimelyethos]

Awesome stuff, Cyb. Reminds me of the riddles in the Hobbit. Are you the creator of this poem?

 

[cyb]

Awesome stuff, Cyb. Reminds me of the riddles in the Hobbit. Are you the creator of this poem?

No the gf turned me on to it...

 

[Mr.Peabody]

Very cool, cyb!

Hey, have you always had that neat little brain dude on your avatar?

 

[anrchy]

Awesome. Very enlightening as to all the attributes of habit.

 

[No Knowing]

Thanks man, been trying to switch my last few time wasting habits to productive ones recently. This is GREAT!

 

[Global]

Who am I?
I am Habit

I was guessing 'ego' the whole time. Guess I should've read the title :lol:

 

[Jin]

beautiful words , i am having a mindgasm reading it

 

[cyb]

Habitual bumpage​

 

[joedirt]

The Habit​

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half of the things you do you might as well turn over to me and I will do them
- quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed - you must be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons,
I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of great people, and alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine though
I work with the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a person.
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin
- it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
I am Habit.​

​

I love it! May I repost this quote and credit you!

These are ppwerful words of insight!

 

[cyb]

I love it! May I repost this quote and credit you!
These are powerful words of insight!

Please do repost Joe...but these words are not mine...I forget where I found them.
Powerful indeed.

 

[d-T-r]

Gratitude for you sharing this

 

[Guyomech]

Great quote Cyb. It's amazing how unaware we can be of how we function (or dysfunction).

 

[Archtypamine]

Yeah cyb

Very nice cyb. More, more

BUT I, TOO, WANT TO BE
A POET

But I, too, want to be a poet
and live a virtuous life
To erase from my days
confusion & poverty
fiction & a sharp tongue!

To sing again
with the tones of adolescence
demanding vengeance
against my enemies, with words
clear & austere

To end this tumultuous quest
for reasonable solutions
to situations mysterious & sore

To have the height to view
myself as I view others
with lenience and love

To be free of the need
to make a waste of money
when my passion,
first and last,
is for the ecstatic lash
of the poetic line
and no visible recompense.

Fanny Howe

 

[MooshyPeaches]

cyb...that really spoke to me!

awe-some.