![]() Would they be inspired? Would they be empowered? Would they say, "Rory is an amazing leader. It would be a whole other thing if they could hear my thoughts. What would people say about you if they could hear your thoughts? And what would people say about me if they could hear my thoughts? What if people followed me around everywhere, and they could see every website I was clicking on? What if they could see every bar I was going to and every piece of food I was ordering and everything I was putting into my body? It is something worth aspiring to - live as if people can read your mind as well as see your actions. There's no doubt that there are nasty things that I have thought about people, situations, things and even about myself that I would be scared, terrified, and ashamed if they were broadcast out to the world.īut that is a new standard to live by, right? That is something powerful. ![]() I think for the most part I have a pretty clean mind, but I don't have a perfectly clean mind. It's been a huge part of my life's work to develop a training program focused on how to help other people create discipline around their thinking and their mindset thereby helping them to be better leaders and influencers. Would you be afraid of what people might find out? I know that I personally would be terrified - and I even consider myself to be a person of fairly disciplined mind. That is the challenge I have for you, and the challenge that I have posed for myself. It's being willing to even be faithful in mind. It’s not just, "I won't have sex with another person," or "I won't kiss another person." It is a level of faithfulness that creates deep, rich, meaningful relationships. That is a level of faithfulness that is truly powerful. Because that is a level of commitment that is truly exceptional. It was the last part that caught my attention, the "and mind". "I promise to be faithful to you in both body and mind." They had written their vows, and the woman said this: The scene was really beautiful, but it was one of the things that were said in the vows of this young couple that I loved and admired most. This was a wedding that was outside at a beautiful venue, but they had worship music. It had charming scenery and great people. The spirit of the wedding was truly one of a union of the two spouses, but also with the Creator. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again.” - Cecelia AhernĨ) “There's no abiding success without commitment.” - Tony Robbinsĩ) “Fear of commitment lies behind the fear of writing.” - Hilary Mantelġ0) “That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.” - Richard Schickelġ1) “People that say I have a 'fear of commitment' don't understand my relationship with popcorn.” - Dov Davidoffġ2) "Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me." - Paulo Coelhoġ3) "Commitment is an act, not a word." -Jean-Paul Sartreġ4) "If you cant value a commitment made by someone else, your own commitments lose their value too." -Ram Mohanġ5) "Love, above all things, is a commitment to your choice.Recently, I attended a wedding of a close friend of ours and something happened at the wedding that I really loved.įirst of all, this wedding was the most like a church or worship service of any wedding I had ever been to particularly for a wedding that wasn't in a church. Fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, poor work ethic, just stuff that you don't have when you don't have a man in your life to look you in the eye and say, ‘You're good,’ or ‘Good job.’“ - Donald Millerħ) “Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.” - Warren FarrellĦ) “When I started studying the issue and issues related to fatherlessness, I realized I had all of them. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear.” - Timothy Kellerģ) “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” - Marianne WilliamsonĤ) “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” - Nelson Mandelaĥ) “When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. ![]() 1) “You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.” - Sammy DavisĢ) “To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial.
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