A lost-looking pedestrian with a violin case asked a New York City policeman: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” the answer was: “Practice, man, practice.”
There’s no easier way. You learn to do it by doing it. Repetition creates habits. So begin, already!
It begins in the mind and will, with thinking and deciding. “Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.”
It has to be gradual. Every good choice makes the next one easier and more delightful. Every bad one also makes the next bad one easier and more delightful.
–Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology: Spiritual Direction from Saint Thomas Aquinas
