Christian Seberino wrote:
On Tue, March 27, 2007 3:10 pm, DJA wrote:
why do you assume that commitment is an eternal
state, unchanging regardless or new information, new and unforeseen
personal and social changes, environmental, governmental, financial,
health changes?
Because commitment is a *decision* not a *feeling*. Sure your feelings
can change or evolve but a decision/promise is an act of the will.
Chris
It's a commitment /based/ on a feeling, among other factors. And if
feelings change, the practicality of the marriage, being based in large
measure on feelings, may have to be re-evaluated. That's life - the
world changes. Nothing is forever [1]. One cannot "will" things back to
what they were unless one was able and willing to make time stand still.
Humans are a curious species. Our curiosity is no less when it comes to
relationships.
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[1] An unqualified statement for the sake of brevity. Of course, each of
us is forever, while our relationships aren't necessarily so.[2]
[2] Being decidedly unreligious, I'm no less entitled to expressing my
opinions on spirituality as given facts.
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Best Regards,
~DJA.
"Monogamy is a belief so strong that millions of people end perfectly
good relationships in order to start another." --unknown
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