Commitment – Day 3
May 08, 2019
Have you ever made a commitment and immediately realized you’d made a mistake? It was more than just cold feet. You had promised to do something you knew you couldn’t do.
One of the challenges with commitments is human error. We change our mind. It could be that we didn’t think things through. Or maybe one commitment we made interfered with another important pledge. For instance, if we’re married to someone who is on a destructive path, our commitment to that person might interfere with the commitment we’ve made to our children and to ourselves.
The idea of committing is often easier than fulfilling the commitment itself. Many of the things we commit to, such as raising children, require hard work.
Challenge: The hard thing about commitments isn’t making them. It’s following through. Commitments require consideration—which ones to make, which ones to break, which ones to complete. It’s serious business, this commitment thing.
From the book: 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact
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In addiction and recovery circles, Melody Beattie is a household name. She is the best-selling author of numerous books.
One of Melody's more recent titles is The Grief Club, which was published in 2006. This inspirational book gives the reader an inside look at the miraculous phenomenon that occurs after loss--the being welcomed into a new "club" of sorts, a circle of people who have lived through similar grief and pain, whether it be the loss of a child, a spouse, a career, or even one's youth.
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