"Commitment gathers the many wandering fragments of the energy that is our soul,
concentrates the gathered energy, then focuses the beam on goals we set
ourselves. It is part of the nature of human energy, after the exertion of such
effective concentration, to relapse into the original, ineffectual state of
dispersal. Where this happens, the normal state of a person's life is the
dispirited inertia of dispersal, punctured at intervals by bursts of committed
action, spectacular revelations of the immense possibilities of committed work,
but so brief that they confirm the dispiriting notion that the natural state of
humanity is impotent torpor; they feed the crippling illusion that the
intelligent life of commitment can only be a momentary revelation of
transcendent beauty, a singular eruption of unworldly energy bursting briefly
out of eternal lethargy. If we wanted to reverse this unbalanced distribution
of commitment and apathy, we would have to find ways of increasing the frequency
with which committed consciousness wove its way into the drowsy fabric of daily
existence. We would have to make the focused presence of committed through a
regular, routine part of the passage of our life. We would have to find ways of
making a frame for our daily lives from the active expression of our
commitment."

Ayi Kwei Armah
KMT


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