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On Commitment
Robin Lynn
June 28, 2024
Who have you failed
when you fail to appear
in the image of who you
imagined yourself to be?
Who have you failed
when you fail to embody
the virtues you intended
to keep?
Who have you failed
when you fail to show up
as the person you
decided to be?
Who have you failed
when you choose not to do
what you decided
is important for you?
Who have you failed
when you only went half way
because going all the way
was way too hard for you?
When you choose not to follow through
on what you have chosen to,
and you do not accept it is you
who has failed you,
who do you imagine yourself to be?
3 ideas + 3 questions on commitment, from me.
Commitment is a conversation with dedication. Commitment is about showing up to be who you intended to be, when you show up to do what you intended to do. Commitment is a virtue of choice. Commitment is not about choosing to be it and do it just once, or even occasionally. Commitment is a choice of intention backed by an act. Commitment pairs its being and its doing with consistency. Commitment is about creating a promise and following through with it, consistently. If you are struggling to show up with consistency, you might be struggling to follow through with your commitments, consistently.
Three ideas for your conversation with commitment:
Commitment Normalized: Identify three areas of your life where you consistently show up to do what you’ve committed to do without fail. Note principles and behaviors you use to create healthy commitments.
Areas of Neglect: Identify three areas of your life where you consistently struggle to show up to your commitments. Note any challenges or resistance that accompanies this area.
Transform Neglect to Commitment:
Pick one of the three areas of neglect identified above.
Note the challenge and the resistance.
Note the normalized commitment principles and behaviors you use to help you create healthy commitments.
The next time you fail to show up to this commitment, immediately commit to two things. First, commit to a 30 days fast where you will eliminate the resistance you normalized in this area which keeps you consistently failing to show up. Second, commit to a 30 days feast where you will apply three of the normalized commitment principles and behaviors to support you best.
Three questions for your conversation with commitment:
Why do you fail to follow through on doing what is important to you and what do you do about it?
How do you practice self-forgiveness when you have not fulfilled your commitments?
If you want to go there at all, why can’t you commit to going all the way?
3 insights on commitments, from others.
Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.
Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the 'right stuff' to turn our dreams into reality.
If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.
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