A Commitment is a Contract
Our focus this week — Nov 19-Nov 25: “Commitment”
Today’s MotD: A Commitment is a Contract. We are encouraged to see commitments as a contract either with ourselves or between someone else and ourselves. Thinking in these terms helps us to better determine if this potential commitment is a good fit for all involved.
Essentially, we’re being asked to take our commitments seriously, even if it’s something as simple as committing to put the trash bin out to the sidewalk in the morning. We said to ourselves (or someone else) that we would do it, so it behooves us to follow through.
Writing about this right now, I realized that it’s usually the smaller or one-off commitments that seem to be easier to put off or neglect. For instance, we recently had to buy a new refrigerator. In preparation for it, I moved everything that was in the freezer out to our garage freezer. Two days ago I told my husband I would move that food back into the kitchen freezer the following day…which was yesterday. I have yet to do it.
Writing this post reminded me of that fact. On the surface it doesn’t seem like a big deal and yet can I be counted on to follow through on other tasks that I say I will do ? These things have a way of adding up to whether or not I can be relied upon to do what I say I will do. Also, it’s the idea that because I saw it as such a trivial task, I didn’t take it seriously enough to do it.
So before we commit to something, it behooves us to make sure we’re actually going to do what we say we’re going to do. When we see more like a contract, we’re more likely to follow through on it.
How about you ? Do you tend to do what you say you’re going to do ? If you equated commitments to being like contracts, are you more likely to follow through on what you say you’re going to do ? What’s one commitment you’ve made that could use some attention today ?
BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:
Peace & Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day
Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.
Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.
Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.
Mandala of the Day 