Sunday, January 22, 2012

a view of commitment

What is commitment? Do we really commit? Or is it something we just say? I know of countless projects that I have “committed” too and have just never completed.  Does that mean that I am not really committed to it can that project, maybe!
Commitment can come from two things: 1. it can be forced on us as in school or jail
2. Or it can come from decisive decision to do whatever it was that one committed too which takes discipline.
People talk all that time “oh he’s not committed he just does not get things done”  ”she just won’t honor her commitment.
Commitment too me is a vast subject, and I am committed to write this weather I like it and agree with it or not. Committed is not a fun word, I don’t believe it’s a positive word, it can produce positive results through positive action, but when in the world would we ever say oh, I’m committed with a big smile on our faces.
When we talk about people who are committed what are we talking about? Number 1 in the dictionary for the word commit means to do something wrong, bad, or illegal.  Number 3 for commitment in the dictionary sais a commitment is an engagement or duty that restricts freedom of action.  The word committal means the sending of someone to prison or psychiatric hospital, or for trial. the other meaning is the burial of a corpse.  Do these definitions sound positive to you? not to me. Why would any body commit to anything.
What is commitment? Do we really commit? Or is it something we just say? I know of countless projects that I have “committed” too and have just never completed.  Does that mean that I am not really committed to it can that project, maybe!
Commitment can come from two things: 1. it can be forced on us as in school or jail
2. Or it can come from decisive decision to do whatever it was that one committed too which takes discipline.
People talk all that time “oh he’s not committed he just does not get things done”  ”she just won’t honor her commitment.
Commitment too me is a vast subject, and I am committed to write this weather I like it and agree with it or not.  Committed is not a fun word, I don’t believe it’s a positive word, it can produce positive results through positive action, but when in the world would we ever say oh, I’m committed with a big smile on our faces.
When we talk about people who are committed what are we talking about? Number 1 in the dictionary for the word commit means to do something wrong, bad, or illegal.  Number 3 for commitment in the dictionary sais a commitment is an engagement or duty that restricts freedom of action.  The word committal means the sending of someone to prison or psychiatric hospital, or for trial. the other meaning is the burial of a corpse.  Do these definitions sound positive to you? not to me.  Why would any body commit to anything?

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