Just Be And You Are

Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see, and baby, baby, baby, do you like it? There you sit, sitting spare like a book on a shelf rustin', ah, not trying to fight it. You really don't care if they're comin'; oh, oh, I know that it's all a state of mind. - Led Zeppelin from Misty Mountain Hop

It breaks old habits. Especially those learned in stress, during times you couldn't control and reacted to instead. Personally, I've made great strides stopping myself from biting my nails and cracking my knee. These simple but annoying habits were a natural part of my day and signaled various emotional states; nervousness, hunger, exhaustion, so on. The sabbatical has eliminated the cause - the root stressors - which in turn got rid of the effect - the bad habit. Will they reemerge? Most likely. Yet I have a deeper understanding of how relative a state of mind really is. It's a matter of time and place. Your context affecting your self. Change your setting and you change how you react, how you feel. I'm counting on this to make a difference.