A New Way Home

  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