Choices,Habit Formation & Choices,Habit Formation & SPIRITUALITY SPIRITUALITY

Raymond ArhinRaymond Arhin

Why is it hard to change?Why is it hard to change? Wake up earlyWake up early Hate to Exercise!!Hate to Exercise!! Can’t lose weightCan’t lose weight Can’t go to bed earlyCan’t go to bed early Pray and fast and read bible morePray and fast and read bible more Give up meatGive up meat

HABITS tie us down!HABITS tie us down!

HABITSHABITS REVEAL / REFLECTREVEAL / REFLECT OUROUR CHARACTERCHARACTER

OUR PERSONALITYOUR PERSONALITY

Our lifestyle is the sum total of our Our lifestyle is the sum total of our habits.habits.

HOW ARE HABITS FORMED?HOW ARE HABITS FORMED?

Phinehas P GagePhinehas P Gage Suffered a terrible accident, Suffered a terrible accident,

destroyed his frontal brain, survived destroyed his frontal brain, survived but personality changed.but personality changed.

FRONTALPARIETAL

OCCIPITAL

TEMPEPRAL

NERVE CELLNERVE CELL

BoutonsBoutons Any thought or action that is Any thought or action that is

repeated over and over builds little repeated over and over builds little boutons on the end of the affected boutons on the end of the affected nerve, making it easier to repeat the nerve, making it easier to repeat the same thought or action –Habit same thought or action –Habit formationformation

1 Corinthians 2:14 (King James Version)

 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

NERVE CELLNERVE CELL

HABITSHABITS

EASY TO EASY TO ACQUIREACQUIRE

DIFFICULT DIFFICULT TO STOPTO STOP

CHANGECHANGE NEW PATHWAYNEW PATHWAY PEOPLE CAN LAY DOWN NEW PEOPLE CAN LAY DOWN NEW

STRONGER PATHWAYSSTRONGER PATHWAYS 3-4 Weeks to form boutons3-4 Weeks to form boutons Making good moral choices Making good moral choices

repeatedly we form good habitsrepeatedly we form good habits

HABITSHABITSCHARACTER

"The second half of a man's life is "The second half of a man's life is made up of the habits he acquired made up of the habits he acquired during the first half." --Dostoyevskiduring the first half." --Dostoyevski

Appettite is complexAppettite is complex Taste Taste SMELL SMELL SIGHTSIGHT TOUCH TOUCH HEARINGHEARING

BRAIN BRAIN CHEMISTRYCHEMISTRY

GUT CHEMISTRYGUT CHEMISTRY METABOLISMMETABOLISM PSYCHOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY

WHAT IS APPETTITE?WHAT IS APPETTITE? A strong desire to satisfy any bodily need A strong desire to satisfy any bodily need

or cravingor craving Desire for Food or DrinkDesire for Food or Drink A strong wish or urgeA strong wish or urge Needs vrs WantsNeeds vrs Wants Clothing, Music, Intellectual, Aesthethics Clothing, Music, Intellectual, Aesthethics Love and sex sense of belongingLove and sex sense of belonging Maslows hierachyMaslows hierachy

SensesSenses Your appetite can be stimulated by Your appetite can be stimulated by

the sight and smell of food or even the sight and smell of food or even mention of foodmention of food

Taste and smell are closely linked Taste and smell are closely linked together.together.

Smell-olfactory nerve-Brain-Frontal Smell-olfactory nerve-Brain-Frontal aspect of brain and also linked to aspect of brain and also linked to limbic systemlimbic system

HungerHunger When your stomach is empty, signals When your stomach is empty, signals

are sent from the stomach to the are sent from the stomach to the brain. These signals will send you in brain. These signals will send you in search of food.search of food.

Typically you would get hungry at Typically you would get hungry at the same time every day because the same time every day because your body knows your schedule. your body knows your schedule.

As you eat the stomach become full As you eat the stomach become full and the stretching sends signals to and the stretching sends signals to the brain that the stomach is full so the brain that the stomach is full so stop eatingstop eating

This may take a few minutes. You This may take a few minutes. You may however carry on eating and may however carry on eating and end up being too full.end up being too full.

Practice, consistent repetitive Practice, consistent repetitive practice, you become the person you practice, you become the person you want to be!!want to be!!

The repetition of anything good or The repetition of anything good or bad causes the habit to become bad causes the habit to become confirmed in our lives and these confirmed in our lives and these fixed habits determine our character.fixed habits determine our character.

These determine our choices which These determine our choices which in turn effect physical and chemical in turn effect physical and chemical changes in our brainchanges in our brain

Everything changesEverything changes You can never step into the same You can never step into the same

river twice.river twice. Living or not everything undergoes Living or not everything undergoes

changechange HOW YOU CHANGE IS UP TO YOU!!HOW YOU CHANGE IS UP TO YOU!!

Rev 14:9Rev 14:9 14:9 And the third angel 14:9 And the third angel

followed them, saying with a followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his handforehead, or in his hand

GOOD HABITSGOOD HABITS

GOOD HABITS, GOOD HABITS, ARE ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESSSUCCESS IN IN LIFELIFE..

STORY OF YOUNG CHILDRENSTORY OF YOUNG CHILDREN

CHANGE we believe in!! 1. Work on One Habit at a Time1. Work on One Habit at a Time. . 2. Create a Plan and Write it 2. Create a Plan and Write it

DownDown. . 3. Refine Your Plan3. Refine Your Plan.. 4. Make Mini-Plans.4. Make Mini-Plans. 5. Repeat! Repeat! Repeat5. Repeat! Repeat! Repeat

SMART Simple- Measurable- Attainable Realistic Time bound

8 BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS8 BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS No BreakfastNo Breakfast OvereatingOvereating SmokingSmoking High SugarHigh Sugar Air PollutionAir Pollution Sleep DeprivationSleep Deprivation Lack of ExerciseLack of Exercise Lack of stimulating thoughtsLack of stimulating thoughts

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