Commitment

My friend, B., sent me the Goethe quote below, which is almost perfectly worded. I am familiar with the last three lines, but the rest is new to me. The focus on commitment speaks to me. I know it is one of my life lessons. I'm learning.

One of my challenges in life is to committing myself to something, someone, one place, one task, one job, one home, heck, even one country. My free spirit lifestyle has served me well, but this laissez faire attitude has also kept me from achieving some of my soul's deepest desires, such as writing a publishable book or even publishable articles, sharing my life with a dear partner, achieving financial stability, and knowing what wealth feels like. I am good at starting things, but struggle to stick with it and have the wherewithall and discipline to continue until it is finished. I am proud of myself for doing 190 days of the D-365 project.

I have stuck with it for over half a year; even on days I didn't feel like it, I did it anyway. Success is
in the little steps, the small moments of each day that we do what we do and remain present and
focused on the task at hand, whatever it may be, from washing hands to driving, to writing one word
at a time. In the end, the results appear. It is not magic, but commitment that gets the job done.

But let's let Goethe have the final word, shall we? 

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to
draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative, there is one
elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas
and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events
issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of
unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would come his way. Whatever
you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and
magic in it. Begin it now."