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COMMITMENT

Today I will write on commitment. What does it mean to be committed? How often do we set goals or say we are going to do something and then let our circumstances run us? “I’ll do it tomorrow”, “There’s too many other things to do”, “I don’t feel like it right now”, “I’m too tired”, etc… And then those things we say we want never happen, never get done, and those dreams slip further and further out of our reach until we start thinking they are never going to happen and give up and make the excuse that we tried. Being COMMITTED means something entirely different. It means that no matter what the circumstance, no matter how tired or pressed for time we are, we will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to accomplish our goals, whether they be simple ones or visions for the world. It’s the kind of dedication that creates the manifestation of our deepest desires and dreams. The kind of discipline required to move mountains in our lives. Because these amazing things that we want, these dreams we’ve had since we were children or envisioned later in life will not happen simply by living in our comfort zones. It will require us to roll up our sleeves and be willing to get messy. It will require us to possibly fail, and then get right back up and try again. There are no failures when you are committed. And what is our relationship to failure? How does that relationship hold us back? I know for myself, when I “failed’ I would beat myself up for days, keep myself small, and avoid that thing like the plague. But what good does that do? How much closer does that kind of attitude bring us towards the realization of our goals? Failure is just another opportunity to figure out what doesn’t work.

So what is it going to take to be committed today? To say, “Hey this is what I want to get done, this is what I see for myself and for the world, and this is how I am going to do it.” Let’s set our intentions and ACT accordingly. There is nothing we can’t achieve. How badly do we want it?

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von