Wow, that was deep. I liked it.

I like that...and trusting them not to drop it, as well.

Dom Pérignon instead of cheap wine
Portahouse instead of delmonte(cubed)
Bath & Body works instead of Wal-Mart
Passion instead of dullness
Intellect instead of stupidity
Compassion instead of coldness
Empathy instead of ridicule
Flavor instead of blandness
Imagination instead of boring
Inner beauty instead of vanity
Truth instead of falsehood
Commitment instead of infidelity
etc................

I thought this was about that "one word" I let fly when I was 17 and my girlfriend at the time laid me out over my car with a right cross.

Karen S., I still love you where ever your are and I've never let it fly again!

(and THAT'S a commitment)

Aw man, Beach! We had such a good thing going too...
come on, let's see you serious, just once.
What is one thing that real commitment would mean to you? And no messing around this time!

Okay...I'll take a shot. See if I can find the right words here.


To be committed is to be engulfed to something or someone to the point where nothing, or almost nothing, would or could change that. It is to mean what you say and to do what you say. It means to hold this thing or person in such esteem as to be higher than yourself. We committ to a new job, by saying I'll take it, I'll be the best, do the best. To our kids, to love them always. To a relationship, to be in it til it's done. It means to pledge yourself to something and to be an active participant in carrying it out.

In a way Christina I answered you.

I really DO love Karen where ever she's at STILL. I realized the hurt in my words and feel I deserved the sock in the jaw. I value the lesson I learned, have forgiven her AND myself, and am STILL committed to Karen's spirit and soul. Even though we were young and things didn't work out...if reunited we would embrace with strength of warriors reunited in their village.

I guess I would say that committment is NOT seeing the beauty of those you love despite their faults (no matter what)

It is seeing the beauty IN their faults and not hiding your own

In a way Christina I answered you.

I really DO love Karen where ever she's at STILL. I realized the hurt in my words and feel I deserved the sock in the jaw. I value the lesson I learned, have forgiven her AND myself, and am STILL committed to Karen's spirit and soul. Even though we were young and things didn't work out...if reunited we would embrace with strength of warriors reunited in their village.

I guess I would say that committment is NOT seeing the beauty of those you love despite their faults (no matter what)

It is seeing the beauty IN their faults and not hiding your own

Ya know, Christina...you and I ARE both the big C! Let's see now, if you follow that with MM's big O, then that is the second letter of my name! Now I need 4 more.

Very well said.

Again great thoughts always great to see men that still know what it is all about!!!

and loving them even if they do

As long as it's never combined with the "M" word, I'm basically OK with it --

Or would be, if I could find someone commitable. OK, that didn't come out right....

commitment is forever. I don't take it lightly and would never say it unless I was prepared to mean it 5, 10, 50 years down the road (kinda explains why I have refrained from its use). And it's the greatest thing in the world; my ultimate goal. I hope I may reach it someday. If you truely love someone, commitment is easy. Extrapolation of that thought begins to explain why I'm so screwed up. My issues and peculiarities define me. lol

Then again, commitment can be applied to more than just love for another. Commitment to a person or a thought, is there really a difference? How can you be committed to a nother person if you can't be committed to yourself? I can be/am commited, for better or worse, to my beliefs, values, and morals. I have my opinions, it's caused me some pain, but I have to stand for what I believe is right. Life is hard. lol

As always, this is IMHO and YMMV...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG1pgmsQDNI

com⋅mit⋅ment   /kəˈmɪtmənt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuh-mit-muhnt] Show IPA
–noun 1. the act of committing.
2. the state of being committed.
3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.
4. a pledge or promise; obligation: We have made a commitment to pay our bills on time.
5. engagement; involvement: They have a sincere commitment to religion.
6. perpetration or commission, as of a crime.
7. consignment, as to prison.
8. confinement to a mental institution or hospital: The psychiatrist recommended commitment.
9. an order, as by a court or judge, confining a person to a mental institution or hospital.
10. Law. a written order of a court directing that someone be confined in prison; mittimus.
11. Parliamentary Procedure. the act of referring or entrusting to a committee for consideration.
12. Stock Exchange. a. an agreement to buy or sell securities.
b. a sale or purchase of securities.

heh, lex...i'm commitable.

or so the pretty men in the white coats tell me...

That would be definition number 9

COMMITMENT = TRUST

i'll be honest, i fear commitment.

i hate signing up for a new cell phone contract.

the reason i fear it all so is not the being committed to one thing without the chance for variety. i fear not being able to live up to my end of the commitment. and in the case of being committed to another person, i fear that they may tire of me and want to end the commitment.


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