The Art of Happiness

explain how that occurs?”“That’s quite easy ... ,” he began casually.EASY ?“It’s because we simply become habituatedor accustomed to doing things in certain ways.And then, we become sort of spoiled, doing onlythe things that we like to do, that we are used todoing.”“But how can we overcome that?”“By using habituation to our advantage.Through constant familiarity, we candefinitely establish new behavior patterns.Here’s an example : In Dharamsala I usuallywake up and start the day at 3:30, although herein Arizona these days I wake up at 4:30; I getone more hour’s sleep,” he laughed. “At thebeginning you need a little bit of effort to get usedto this, but after a few months, it becomes sort of