BE COMMITTED

 

This piece is a mashup of my previous writings on commitment. For the sake of this series "LIFE - MAKE IT COUNT", I will dust up some of the issues and share them with you.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word "commitment"? Does the sound of the word excite you or scare you? The hallmark of a life that will count is marked by commitment.

Commitment is the state or quality of being dedicated, loyal, devoted to a cause or a marked-out endeavor. Cambridge Dictionary defined commitment as "a promise or firm decision to do something. The willingness to give your time and energy to a job, activity or something that you believe in". 

Inferring from the above definition, it is obvious that for everything we do and/or do not do, commitment plays a vital role. The fact that you are reading this piece right now, you must have committed your time and resources to do so. So whether it is school, business, decision to change some bad habits, making major choices and taking decisive steps in life, relationships, starting a family, etcetera, all these boil down to commitment. 

I, therefore see commitment as the spine upon which every worthy achievement in life stems. Commitment counts the cost and pays the proportionate price. Commitment singles you out of the crowd. Don't travel this life without adding tones of commitment to your backpack.

Where you are and who you are right now is not in any way unrelated to the number of commitments you have made in the past. John C. Maxwell in his book, "Make Today Count", gave 12 daily dozens that will make each day a masterpiece; commitment was one of them.  He said: "achieving the things you desire requires tenacity. Tenacity requires commitment. Commitment is the engine that keeps us on track to complete what we set out to do". He added that "An integral part of commitment is to ascertain what the price will be for what you want to commit to and then be willing to pay that price. In committing you must determine that the goal is worth that price"

In my writing "The 4 heartbeats of commitment". Is shared the following:

Commitment is Sacrificial 

If you are committed to someone or something, the first proof is that you sacrifice or give your all for it. Here, you bet your life, stake it out, and lay it down on the line. The pages of history are scattered with men and women who were committed to worthy causes and people they loved and valued; the proof was in how they sacrificed their all. God is committed to us and the proof is in how He sacrificially gave us His all through His Son Jesus Christ. You are never committed if you have not made a single sacrifice. Could this be why most young people find it hard to make commitments? 

Commitment is Intentional

Anything that is done intentionally is done from the intent, willfully, and without coercion. To be intentional is to be deliberate and have your mind in the game. So whether you are committed to a person, a course of action, a task, a project, or anything at all, you will be intentional about the same. If you are intentional about it, you give the right amount of energy, time, resources, and attention to something to see that it is achieved. You cannot be committed in life without being intentional.

Commitment is Stick-to-itive

To be stick-to-itive is to persevere and be dogged. This entails being a person of tenacity and never backing out. For anything that you see standing the test of time today, the stick-to-itive aspect of commitment has been invested into it. The issue is, you don't make commitments today and break them tomorrow. This very variable is so valuable because it keeps commitment going even on the darkest nights and lonely days. It remains true and stays through.  Don't just tell you are committed but show it by being stick-to-itive. 

Commitment is from the Heart

It was Proverbs 4:23 that urged us all to guard our heart above all else, for it determines the course of our life. What this therefore implies is that everything we do and fail to do is produced and firmly decided in/from the heart. Hence, the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart. For commitment to survive, it must come from the heart. Little wonder, the Bible urged us to love from the heart and not with mere words spoken from the lips. No commitment is commitment unless it comes from the heart.

Commitment is related to everything we do in life. It separates excellence from mediocrity. Without commitment, you will just go through the motion of life without leaving a worthy mark in the sand of time. To make your life count, be committed.

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