Do you have it?

A few years ago, my parents had their 50th wedding anniversary.  Yesterday, we attended a party in honor of my bosses 50th.  Is there a better example of commitment?  Let's take a deeper look at what it means to commit.

C:  The C stands for confidence.  You can't commit to any person, company, or dream unless you first of all have confidence in yourself and them.  When it is a relationship, you have to be able to look at the other person and know that they will be there for you and know deep down that you will always "have their back."

If there is ever a breakdown and one person (Spouse, boss, owner) does not have any confidence in the other, the foundation of the relationship is in trouble.

O:  "Openness" You have to be open and communicative.  There is no committed relationship without direct dialogue where each is open to say what they need to say.

M:  Maturity.  This is not age related.  There are a number of young people who commit to their sport, school, religion, etc.  You have to be mature enough to know that there will be hard times and the key to any relationship is working through those issues.

M:  Motivation.  In any relationship, there will be times where it doesn't seem possible to continue.  The only thing that will help the relationship continue is good old fashion "want to" or motivation.

I:   Integrity.  Integrity is all about the type of person you are when it is just you and God.  And only you and God know how hard you are working on any relationship -- especially your relationship with Him.  As they old saying goes -- I don't have to like you, but I need to be able to trust you.

T:  Time.  One of the problems of we face today is as a society we don't want to invest the time into our dreams.  We spend years getting fat and we want to take a pill to lose weight.  We want to call an 800 number to get out of debt.  And if our relationships are not how we like, we go get new ones and don't even think about investing our time to make it better.

Spend some time this week thinking about how you commit to your relationships, goals and yourself.  Have a great week.

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