One More Conference Thought: Habit

This was typed at the bottom of a page of discussion questions for people to consider during scheduled group "processing" sessions. I think I've heard this from Karen Glass before, but this is the first time I've seen it in print. I'd love to hear any and all thoughts on this.

In a letter written towards the end of her life to Henrietta Franklin in the fall of 1922, Charlotte Mason said:

"What a time you had among the Alpine flowers! I know something of the joy of it, for many years ago before you were born or thought of, I spent some early spring weeks at the Kaltbad (Rigi) with some friends. After forty years I see and smell and luxuriate - but I did not see the Soldanella . . . Science has done nothing to confirm the "rut" theory in all these years, and Brother Body seems to me much the inferior partner. I think all that I have written is still true but I would emphasize habit and so on less. Child mind - no, because a child has as much mind as the rest of us."
(Typed by Elsie Kitching)

In the above letter, written towards the end of Mason's life, she de-emphasizes habit and emphasizes the child mind. Share your thoughts about how habit formation fits within a rational paradigm.