We all know there is a difference in REAL LIFE relationships between these two terms. Take the commitment of marriage for instance. When two people get married, they make a long-term (hopefully LIFE long) commitment to each other. They organize their lives around their new relationship, that of marriage. They move in together, change their names, assume a new identity.
On the other hand, when someone is just "flirting" with you, or you with them, you don't expect any of these life changes to occur. You're just having a little fun, right? They are cute and you are interested to a degree. But you aren't going to MARRY the guy just because you are flirting. Right? You aren't going to change your identity and assume a new one and step into a new LIFE just because you are flirting a little!
So it is the same thing with health and the commitment TO health. Are we just flirting? Are we considering the possibility WAY down the road of a POTENTIAL life change, but just having fun in the mean time? I mean really, a little flirting CAN lead to that kind of thing way off in the FUTURE, but do you feel silly even thinking about it in your current state of flirtation, because you feel it is a SLIM CHANCE this program can actually allow you to attain and maintain OPTIMAL HEALTH?
Or is this a COMMITMENT towards health, where you ARE assuming a NEW IDENTITY, that of a fit and health person, one day one choice one meal at a time?
Do you wake up in the morning and consider changing your actions for the day depending on how you FEEL? Then you are flirting not committed.
Are you wondering if you should "cheat" or "go off plan" this weekend for a wedding because it won't be any fun to stay "on plan"? Then you are flirting and not committed.
Can you imagine waking up every morning and waiting to see if you "feel" in love with your husband in order to stay married that day?
Can you imagine asking your husband if he would mind you "cheating" this weekend because things are getting a little dull, boring, monotonous, and you just want to have a little fun?
I can't imagine any of those scenarios, and that is the same way I feel about my commitment to health and to myself to STAY healthy.
On the contrary, commitment takes the good days AND the hard days and stays the course. Commitment doesn't put up their finger every morning to see how the wind is blowing that day to determine their actions. Commitment doesn't consider a few hard weeks grounds for pitching the whole thing. Commitment doesn't give up.
This is NO flirtation.
This is a lifetime commitment.
Rinse and Repeat!
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