Custom reconciles us to everything
The word custom means tradition or common practice. It also connotes usual and commonly accepted behavior among the members of a social group, either small or large. There are individual as well as social customs. But in the present case, it implies social custom. There are a large number of customs in every society. Almost all of us are slaves to custom. One can deviate from custom for some time but not forever. There are many social customs that have become obsolete and irrelevant and one may not like them. One may take to a lifestyle or behavior pattern different from the prevalent custom. But this cannot continue for long. Custom will reconcile him to its own ways sooner or later, because a custom, right or wrong, is a socially agreed practice or behavior. Individual deviations cannot thrive long in the face of social customs. Moreover, one's attitudes have an inexplicable psychological affinity with custom.
The word custom means tradition or common practice. It also connotes usual and commonly accepted behavior among the members of a social group, either small or large. There are individual as well as social customs. But in the present case, it implies social custom. There are a large number of customs in every society. Almost all of us are slaves to custom. One can deviate from custom for some time but not forever. There are many social customs that have become obsolete and irrelevant and one may not like them. One may take to a lifestyle or behavior pattern different from the prevalent custom. But this cannot continue for long. Custom will reconcile him to its own ways sooner or later, because a custom, right or wrong, is a socially agreed practice or behavior. Individual deviations cannot thrive long in the face of social customs. Moreover, one's attitudes have an inexplicable psychological affinity with custom.