In 2014, some of the workers on London's Underground system went on strike for two days. The strike closed 171 of the system's 270 stations, leaving commuters scrambling to find alternative routes using buses, aboveground trains, or the stations that remained open. Researcher were able to track the commuters thru their fare card. They found that most folks went back to their normal routes when the strike was over.
But what was
surprising is that when the strike was over, not everybody returned to their
habitual commuting route. One in twenty of the commuters who had switched then
stayed with the route that they had used during the strike; presumably, they
had discovered that it was faster or cheaper or preferable in some other way to
their old routine. The disruption had helped them find something better, a way
that was there all along but they were too used to the old one
In life, we all fall
into patterns of behavior. Some of those can be good things, but sometimes we
just get stuck in our ways. As the new year approaches, might I suggest that we
try to check to see if what we are doing is the best way for it to be done?
Some habits are just ruts we gotten stuck in. There may be new and better opportunities
if we take the time to watch our steps more closely.
What we have always done isn't always the best way for
it to be done.
“Therefore
be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise”
Ephesians
5:15
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