"Habits" is a short lyric poem written by Carol Beachy Wenger. It is written due to make the people understand what are the benefits and flaws of habits. The poet here divides habits in two sections, good habits and bad habits.

    Wenger here gives some precise characteristics of good habits as well as bad habits and also tells us about the ways of growing it. To make his point more clear and understandable, he uses a point of comparison between habit and a plant. He says thatjust like a plant grows into a tree by much care, habits grow slowly but firmly through extra care and time.

    He says that habit is a very 'sticky' thing that means when a habit grows, it does not leave us very easily, it becomes a part of our daily life. If a good habit grows within us, it brings happiness and good consequences in our life, whereas a bad habit brimgs "pain and stife" in our life. The poet also says that good habits grow little slow in comparison to the bad habits. However whether it is good or bad, it remains with us forever and becomes "more firm and strong" with the course of time.