I am HABIT - a Reflection

I am HABIT - a Reflection

Dr Abe V Rotor

We are creatures of habit, whether we like it or not. We can make habit our servant, or we can allow it to become our master. Good habits are developed through good training and conducive environment. 

HABIT

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward, or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do, you might just as well turn over to me,

And I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done,
And after a few lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great men

And, alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine
Plus the intelligence of a man.

You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin;
It makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me
And I will put the world at your feet.
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.

Who am I?
I am HABIT.

-  Author Unknown

Reference and Acknowledgement, The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life 

Management by Hyrum W Smith. Illustrations from the Internet