Verbal Committment to Purpose is easy to proclaim till it remains unchallenged & untested like what we experienced in the last 2 years. But when this committment is stress tested under adverse conditions unless there is a maniacal commitment, flight and defensive escape is a natural reaction of the weak.
Purpose committment demands huge sacrifices. Professional & personal. Resources will be scarce & strained, conditions will become tough, situations may become intolerable, enimosity may not only strengthen but may also scale up, talent will take its flight when you would need it the most.
Your committment to Purpose is made in happy times but is indeed tested and has to walk the fire-wall in tough times & adverse conditions. The full range of experiences has to be absorbed within its life strides.
Some how I feel Meerabai epitomizes the quintessence of this mindless commitment to purpose in her beautiful poetry.
Karna fakiri phir kya dilgiri
Sada magan mein rehna ji
Koi din gadi na
Koi din bangla
Koi din jangal basna na ji
Koi din hathi na
Koi din ghoda
Koi din paidal chalna ji
Koi din khaja na
Koi din lado
Koi din fakam faka ji
Koi din dholiya
Koi din talai
Koi din bui par laut na ji
Meera kahe prabhu
Girdhar nagar
Aye pade so sahena ji
Adversity will often hit the shores of your Purpose. Only the truly committed emerge winning.