Regular inventory helps us become more disciplined and self-aware, and we experience further relief from defects and shortcomings. Reflecting on our lives each day teaches us a great deal about ourselves, including the types of commitments to which we are and are not well suited. The daily inventory of Step Ten can improve our ability to make and keep commitments. Or we stick to an unwanted commitment, resenting ourselves and the commitment from start to finish. We commit impulsively and then back out just as impulsively. We keep a commitment out of habit or because no one else has stepped up. 60,805 5,830 159, 430 16,770 the week a strong feeling and almost daily an improvement in in competition with one. As creatures of habit, we may find ourselves repeating behaviors even when we don't want to. Our past experiences with phrases like "going to any lengths" and "no matter what" were quite different from commitment in a healthy, spiritual practice. We take the time to think about benefits and drawbacks, time and energy required, other existing obligations, and whether we are willing to be willing when our enthusiasm goes away. Thought for the Day Hazelden Betty Fords Thought for the Day offers daily meditations for people in recovery or affected by addiction to alcohol or other drugs. We consider what we need or want, what we think is right, and what we are willing to devote our resources to. Commitment involves a conscious decision. Being committed is more than just doing something over and over or showing up when and where we said we would.
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