Commitment. I told my sisters a couple of months back that I hated that word. And I do, because it scares me so much. I feel as if I’ve tried the word on, turned around a couple of times to look in the mirror, and it just doesn’t fit. It’s like it scrunches at the waist or the sleeves are too short or the hem is uneven. Something about that word just makes me uncomfortable.
So I went to thesaurus.com to see if I could find a word similar to commitment (defined as “assurance; obligation”) but that might fit me better. Among the choices:
Engagement (heavens – that is worse that commitment!)
Guarantee (good if you want to return something)
Must (that one makes the stubborn me want to argue that no, really I must not)
Duty (another one worse than commitment)
Promise. This is defined as “one’s word that something will be done.”
Now that is something I believe I can try to live up to. It's a much softer word than commitment, must prettier, and the meaning does fit better.
The beautiful part is, I explained this to M last night and he was in agreement.
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