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Why We Need Commitment In Our Lives...

20 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Dara Ladjevardian argues that avoiding commitment breeds extreme individualism and narcissism, leaving us trapped in daily questions of what we want rather than what others need. Without commitment, we lose the ability to prioritize others' well-being and the sense of purpose that comes from responsibility and service.

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What happens when men and women never commit? They find themselves unable to put somebody else's well-being above their own. So we're creating people who are entirely individualistic, deprived of responsibility, and unable to care and nurture for others because they're not putting somebody else's well-being above theirs. When you are unable to commit, essentially you wake up every single day saying, what do I want to do? What do I want to do today? And as nice and freeing as that is, it deprives you of human responsibility. And in order to truly become something, we're designed to be responsible. We're designed to be valuable. We're designed to serve others. This is how we've evolved. So becoming completely individualistic leads to a sense of lonely narcissism.