To commit

To commit:

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To commit.

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To jump.

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To take a leap of faith.

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To go into the unknown.

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That is life every day.

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There is no future.

There is no past.

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There is only now.

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But you have to commit to now.

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Commit to something.

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You need something powering you.

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Something to look forward to.

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Something to drive you.

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Something to move you.

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We all need something.

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And if you don’t have something, find something.

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Stop feeling sorry for yourself and go to work.

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Go do something.

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Go get off your ass and figure it out.

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You have all the access to the entire knowledge of history at your fingertips.

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And yet you waste time scrolling up.

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We all do.

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But some of us get lucky.

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Some of us have something.

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Something to care about.

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Something to look forward to.

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Something to strive towards.

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We all need that something.

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I have found it in so many ways.

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So clear on where I want my life to be.

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Where I want to go.

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What I want to do.

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I have no interest in living a boring life.

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Zero.

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None.

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Nada.

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If your ideal life is sitting at home, goodbye.

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I am busy.

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I have a lot of commitments.

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But also challenges.

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Journeys.

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Side quests.

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I want someone who wants to go on side quests with me.

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Either mine.

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Or theirs.

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But you have to have side quests.

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Side quests you commit to.

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Like really commit to.

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Like climb the highest free-standing mountain in the world type of side quests.

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Ain’t no let’s find a new coffee shop.

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How about diving with sharks?

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That’s commitment.

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That’s a story you’ll have forever.

I want to create stories.

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Stories that will last a lifetime.

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I want someone who is committed to that.

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But it’s hard to commit.

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Hard to commit to what you want.

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And to another person.

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A life with someone else.

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That is a big decision.

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A massive one.

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The most important one you’ll make.

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And yet it seems like no one commits these days.

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Obviously it’s my biased perspective being on the dating scene, but still.

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Relationships used to happen locally only.

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Your school.

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Your church.

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Your work.

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Now you have access to everyone around the world.

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So there’s always someone better out there, right?

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I don’t know.

I think it’s just people’s fear of commitment.

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Fear of jumping.

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Fear of taking a leap of faith.

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They want someone on their checklist.

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Someone who has everything.

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No one does.

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And yet they refuse to compromise.

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Refuse to commit.

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Same with guys.

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There are a lot of guys out there blindly walking around like zombies not sure what they want out of life.

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In fact, it’s probably most.

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No wonder women hate men.

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But also ladies, you disappear in a flash.

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The slightest inconvenience or thing that you don’t like, and you’re out.

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Again, no one is perfect.

The reason I bring this up is because I had an interesting chat with a friend yesterday.

He told me his taste in women is bad.

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And his lesson was this.

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Find someone with good character.

Find someone who’s actually a good person.

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Who cares.

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Who’s interested in you.

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Who’s curious.

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But who’s also just sound.

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And solid.

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And a good friend.

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And a good daughter.

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And a good colleague.

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Someone who people like.

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Someone who people trust.

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That’s a person worth committing to.

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Are those people out there?

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I hope so.

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For life is about commitment.

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Committing to a job.

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Committing to a life.

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Committing to a person.

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To Commit.

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