A Lesson About Commitment 1 Commitment Commitment is like trust: it’s a choice. It’s a purely an individual choice that should not be built on a pretense of some specific response. You commit because it’s what you choose to do and you uphold that commitment because that is what you choose to do (the honorable thing to do, I might add). The commitment isn’t about controlled responses or specific actions. Hell, commitment isn't even about love. Commitment is about us doing our part. And if we are focused on doing our part, we should have so much to keep us busy, we cannot possibly police our partners efforts to do their part. If they are committed, then they will show up and if they do not then address their lack of commitment and decide if the two, or more, of you should be in a commitment at all. We often confuse commitment with control. We say we want someone who is committed and/or consistent but we are really saying we want someone who will act the way we want them to act and ...
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