The Patterns of Behavior Now human beings being human tend to react in patterns and to be governed by patterns of behavior. And once you’ve started a pattern of behavior they tend to follow it. You don’t realize how very rigidly patterned all of us really are. In Fort Benning, Georgia I was there training the advanced marksmanship team for the events of the rifle team in the International Shoot. And I was dining in the mess hall with two lieutenants and several people came in and I watched one girl pick up her tray and look around the mess room for a suitable table. She walked past several tables where there were the possibility of her sitting down . . . and she sat down at a table where she could sit on the west side of it. I told the lieutenants, “That girl is an only child.” They said, “How do you know?” “I’ll tell you after you verify the fact.” They went out, asked her if she were an only child . . . and she said, “yes”. She wanted to know why? They said, “That doctor over there said you were.” “Who is he?” They gave her my name. “I never heard of him.” Came back . . . how did I know she was an only child? She was looking around the restaurant looking for a table where she could sit down and she had to find a table where the west side of the table was available. So at home papa sat here, mama sat here, she had to sit here. People have many patterns in their behavior—don’t try to formulate what those patterns are. Wait and see how they disclose themselves.