{"product_id":"2940015988796","title":"Habits of the Heart","description":"While most of us are acutely aware of the habits that influence the things we do, many have never examined the way our habits also tend to control our thoughts, influence our relationships, and help create the complex set of mental and ethical traits that serve to identify us as individuals. In simpler words, our habits essentially identify our character. Do our habits form our character, or does our character cause us to form our habits? They are inseparable.\u003cbr\u003eAt a recent meeting of our local writer’s guild, I mentioned that I was beginning to assemble a manuscript for a book on habits of the heart. Our newest member, a bright fourteen-year-old girl asked, “When you speak of ‘habits of the heart’ are you thinking of habits like habitually telling the truth, or habitually outright lying or stretching the truth?”\u003cbr\u003e“Yes,” I replied. “Similar to the way we habitually put one arm into a jacket first instead of the other, we form habits that essentially form our character. Our habits truly define our character. They help make us into who we are. They tend to guide both our actions and our thoughts. We have to be careful about which ones we permit ourselves to adopt.”","brand":"William G.Justice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147931762928,"sku":"2940015988796","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015988796_p0.jpg?v=1763627017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015988796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}