Monday, February 22, 2010

Commitment

Another word that is heard often in one’s life across multiple situations
It would mean different things to different people based on convenience of interpretation
Observation and expectation often conflict resulting in varying levels of perception
It is all too easy to get judgmental about people integrity and self commitment

Every individual lives life handling situations as they arise
Their personal choices determine what they value and truly price
Every individual may have motives as different as cat and mouse
Their levels of self assurance determines results on actions they espouse

Not every one may make time to truly understand the other’s context
It may get easy and convenient to label folks under some or the other pretext
It takes time and maturity to realize that people are truly different
It is not wise to expect all people to let out the same fragrance and scent

It is important to set out broad guidelines to help one identify outcomes
At the same time one needs to consider the multiple variables impacting the whole
It is as important to define success parameters that one truly cherishes and values
Yet consider whether individuals would truly like to sample a portion of the brew

One needs to nurture an environment where people are willing to let you in their cage
Rather than revel with pride in midst of people who forever only provide ego massage
It is important to retain objectivity when one evaluates the other’s efforts
It is all too easy to hand over the baton to those centered on only preserving their fort

In this world, one may never be able to please one and many
There are choices that one takes that may appear very uncanny
The wise soul would forever consider their personal life position
Rather than live a life outside in with no clue on their compass and direction!

1 comment:

Venu Bohini said...

Oh Boy!! I am not sure if I should get excited about this. This word has been quite the pain in my neck this week. Probably the most used word by me this week, it's been a swinging pendulum for me in holding myself to commitments I made to others in the midst of a challenging schedule and holding others to the commitments made to me.

Some difficult and painful conversations I had to be part of, wherein I have been preaching the virtues of meeting commitments and thus exhibiting character. The human mind has selective amnesia and it's all too often easy to pretend, ignore and fool others and more critically ourselves in not understanding the true spirit of acting upon our commitments....