if you want to establish a habit of though or speech, weave it into your prayers

in my experience, the repetition of prayer cultivates a gentle attraction toward that repetition. it's subtle, but it's always on, so even though it is gentle, its cumulative effects can be extreme over time

one effect I value is that it constructs a soft landing zone for returning to practice after disruption by emergent imperatives (whether "bad" or "good")