# I AM HABIT

Language: en  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2003, Number 2  
Source pages: 13  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/i-am-habit/>
Original PDF: 2003\-03\-remnant\(1\)\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2003](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2003-03/>)

![A man carrying another man on his shoulders](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/images/articles/76009211-1c2a-4f55-a4be-17d515e9cfcd-1.jpg>)

It is mighty hard to shake me\.  
 In my brawny arms I take thee,  
 I can either make or break thee\.  
 I am habit\.

Through each day, I slowly mold thee\.  
 Soon my tightening chains enfold thee,  
 Then it is with ease I hold thee;  
 Thus, a habit\.

I can be both good or vile\.  
 I can even be worth your while  
 Or the cause of your bitter cry,  
 I am habit\.

Oft I’ve proved myself a pleasure,  
 Proved myself a priceless treasure  
 Or a meanness passed all measure  
 Thus, a habit\.

Harmless though I sometimes be,  
 Yet my strange force is like a magnet  
 Like a great and greedy dragnet,  
 I am habit\.

Though you sometimes fear or doubt me,  
 No one yet has lived without me\.  
 I am present all about thee,  
 Thus, a habit\.

Choose me well when you are starting,  
 Seldom is an easy parting,  
 I am a devil or a darling\.  
 I am habit\.