Practice Makes Permanence

Human beings learn by doing. When we are young, we model those around us to begin walking and talking. At first we observe--but the real learning happens when we start babbling nonsense or taking a couple steps before falling down. One can learn only so much from observation. In order to cultivate muscle memory or automatic firing in the brain, specific actions or thoughts must be taken again and again and again until it's automatic. Practice makes permanence.

This is a double-edged sword. The bad neurological and motor patterns become ingrained just as easily as the good, which is why constant mindfulness and vigilance over one's thoughts and actions is paramount to being happy. If you can remember and really internalize practice makes permanence, you will become a better human being and, by extension, make the world a better place.