New Years Commitments
Posted By David on December 31, 2009
I am the sum of all my commitments – Martin Buber (1878-1965), philosopher
Shortly after writing this article, I became aware of Free the Children’s 10×10 Challenge:
I hope that you’ll take a few minutes to visit 10 by 10 and make 10 simple commitments for 2010.
I did.
Do you make New Year’s resolutions?
Although there was a time when we attached a great deal of significance to the idea of a fresh start for a fresh year, today, at least in North America, we’re not very serious about them. The commitment to lose weight, balance our chequebook, or walk to work twice a week often doesn’t last beyond the first real temptation.
If, as Buber suggests, we’re “the sum of our commitments”, what is it that we’re committed to?
And if that’s true for us individually, how much more is our society, and our world, the sum of those things we are all committed to?
As not only a new year but a new decade dawns, perhaps the time is right to renew our commitment to compassion, and to creating a Golden Rule world.
I’d like to invite you to leave your commitments in the comments section of this article. By sharing our ideas, our hopes, and our efforts, we can inspire each other to accomplish extraordinary things.
May 2010 be the year that we celebrate our diversity – in unity
David
My commitment – on a daily basis, to undertake at least one unexpected act of compassion, and to recognize, support, and encourage at least one act of compassion on the part of those I meet.