Psyc in real life

So much to be grateful for . Alhamdulilah.

and Patience yet again.
SO here is what I like to share today.

Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its ever so little scar. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every fresh dereliction by saying, "I won't count it this time!" Well! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being counted nonetheless. Down among his nerve-cells and fibers the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes. ( William James, the founder of functionalism in Psychology. qtd in Cog. Psyc)

The above excerpt was from his textbook The Principles of Psychology (1890/1903) regarding habits. "He saw it as a mechanism basics to keeping our behavior within bounds. He saw it as being inevitable and powerful..."

I absolutely liked it, of course naturally, but also because that is what we're all trying to do as we unfold another day towards our present. It is through actions that we tend to accomplish our tasks. But never through words or wishful thinking. For one who thinks he can execute his task without the action or work, it is that he is in illusion. Same way, it is by establishing small, consistent and productive patterns that we can manage to be steadfast. In other words, it is what we also call "the end with the means" = you work hard, you get where you deserve to be, however long. And what more is so pleasing to hear it from the most Beloved, may Allah bless him:
"The most beloved deeds to Allah (subhanehu Wa Ta'ala) are those that are consistent" (Al-Bukari)

Thus take the challenge, and whatever it is that you want to do and be, start from the basics...and have faith.
At last here is a food for the soul... a supplication (translation) that we can always read before going to bed at night. With reflection, it is, as all of the Dua`a's, beautiful:

" Oh Allah, I surrender my soul to you; I put forth my deeds to you. I depend on you (for support) before Your Majesty; out of fear, out of awe of Your Majesty and out of yearning to be close to You. There is no refuge and there is no abode except in You. I believe in the Book that You have sent, and the Messenger You have sent." Amen