You Can Get Used To Anything

You can get used to anything. Before you begin following any of the instructions in this blog or anything for that matter, it is essential that you ingrain that concept into your brain. You can get used to anything. 

I remember when my older sister left the house to live with her now husband. They moved into a basement apartment in Queens near Laguardia International Airport. I was there when they moved and I remember what it was like when the first airplane flew over the house. The entire basement literally shook. It was extremely loud. And Laguardia being one of the most busiest airports in the country, the planes kept flying over. Every minute we would be interrupted by the loud noises and the shaking. My sister was worried about never being able to get used to the constant barrage of airplanes flying so close over her basement apartment. 

I visited my sister a month later, and just like before, an airplane would rattle the apartment as it flew over. But this time she didn’t seem to be bothered by it. It was like she didn’t even notice that a 747 jet just flew right over her house. When we asked her about it, she said she had gotten used to it. It didn’t stop her from getting any sleep. It was just another part of life. 

Fast forward a few years. My sister had gotten married, and she and her husband had enough money to buy a house and start a family. After they bought their new house, I went to their house warming. The new house was amazing. Their basement was larger than the basement apartment they moved from. They had a basketball hoop and a grill in their back yard, and they also had a beautiful fireplace. But the thing they loved most about their new house was it wasn’t anywhere the airport. No longer would a plane fly right over their house. Joe told me that she never realized how loud those planes were. Well, as I explained before, she did. She had just forgotten. 

The point of this story is you can get used to anything, good or bad. You can get used to facing down danger at any turn or fleeing from it. You can get used to optimism or pessimism, happiness or sadness. And once your brain gets used to something it does not want to let it go. 

The reason why this is such an important concept for this book is if you’re used to feeling sad or pessimistic then you would want to hold onto those feelings because you have grown to be accustomed to it. Secondly, if you are used to feeling sad or depressed then you may have the belief that you are incapable of happiness. You may think that something is wrong with you and happiness is for other people. But you can feel happiness. If you want it, it could happen. But first you must believe it could happen. 

Changing habits and feelings takes time and a ton of perseverance. But once you change your habits you will see the difference. When you make the change you will be like my sister Joe when she moved away from the airport the change was like moving from night to day. So, it will be for you. If you are sad or depressed right now, follow the guidelines and principles in this book and you will be amazed at how drastically your life can change. And the most amazing part is you have the power to change it.