Day: August 6, 2019

Vector habits

~ osasuoviawe

There is a trait that runs through success in any undertaking. It is consistency.

Consistency is the bedrock of compounding.

I have found that one of the ways I improve my consistency in any activity I choose, is to tie the activity to a habit I already have. I call the pre-existing habits – vector habits.

Let me use an example.

I brush my teeth every morning – vector habit. Whether I feel like it or not, I just brush my teeth every morning. I decided I needed to do 20 pushups every morning, so I told myself, I would do 20 pushups before I brush my teeth.

Naturally, my body will prompt me to brush my teeth. As the vector habit kicks in, it carries 20 pushups with it.

I have applied it to some other areas and it works. It only stops if I kill the vector habit.

The trick for me is to tie a desired “effortful” consistency to a pre-existing “effortless” consistency. This helps to reduce the activation energy of the desired consistency.

– Osasu Oviawe

Transfiguration

~ osasuoviawe

Luke 9:28-36
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white.
And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Eli’jah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they wakened they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli’jah” — not knowing what he said.
As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”
And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Homily:

Jesus always made out time to pray. Always.

When you realise that the disciples (in this case – Peter and John and James) always struggled to stay awake and most times actually fell asleep, you can tell that he prayed through exhaustion.

Prayer for Jesus was not out of convenience, but out of necessity. Till the end on the cross, he prayed. Prayer came first.

The transfiguration was one of the mysteries that accompanied his prayer life and the transfiguration is open to us everyday. We just have to pray and in prayer, listen to His word.