Commitment vs. Obligation vs. Passion

Hey all, first off I want to say, "I'm back". Recently I stated that I was a little behind in my homework, well I have completed my required continuing education credits for the next three years. So now I will be able to renew my state electrical licence.

In one of my latest posts I talked about passion, well now I have been rethinking the concept of passion. Is it just enough to be passionate about something, or is there more to the process. Think about it for a moment....

Can we have passion without commitment?

Can we have commitment without passion?

Can we feel obligated to commit to something?

Can we be obligated to be committed to our passion?

Can we be committed to our commitment?

Can we be committed to our passion?

Can we be passionate about our commitment?

As you can see I have been running with all sorts of questions, then there is one other word that comes into play........ Resentment. I don't know if you all have the same feelings about your commitment that I do, but there are times when I can feel resentment about the things that I have committed too. Then the commitment turns to obligation and the joy of my passion has vanished. Then there are times when I should be committed because I have committed to do too much.

How do I keep my passion fresh and new?

A persons passion is like a love relationship.... at first it is amazing and wonderful, we go about our daily lives with a new sense of wonderment. Then slowly we begin to get comfortable with our new life and things begin to become expected rather than exceptional. So how do we reinvigorate our marriage? We find new ways of looking at the same things. I am no marriage councilor by any means, but I do know that marriage takes a lot of work. The same should be said about our passion, we need to find new ways of looking at the things that we are so passionate about.

This same theory also goes along with our faith beliefs, if we don't find new ways to look at how and why we believe the things that we do, then pretty soon they become stagnant. This isn't to say that we change our beliefs, just that we approach them with a different point of view.

Simply painting your house will give you a new insight to your home. You haven't moved, you still drive up the same old street, but now when you approach your home you see it with a different view.

Just my thoughts for today ===Skid===