I Just Don't Feel Like It

I just don't feel like it. Have you ever heard anybody say that before? Have you ever said it? (Oh, maybe you haven't said it, but maybe you've felt it?) "I just don't feel like waking up this morning." "I just don't feel like going to work." "I just don't feel like dieting." "I just don't feel like eating my vegetables." "I just don't feel like being a parent to an ornery child." "I just don't feel like being married anymore to him (or her)." We've all dealt with "I just don't feel like it" feelings. Agree? But then we continue on, don't we? Most of us. We press through despite our feelings. We get out of bed. We go to work. We diet, eat our vegetables, parent that child and stay married. That's what they call: "commitment."

At Normandy they didn't feel like hitting those beaches realizing they would die doing it, but they did it any way. The Nazi death camps would still be in existence without that kind of sacrifice. Commitment, perseverance, honor, love, et al, are still virtues to be talked about and embraced today. "I just don't feel like" letting my feelings get in the way.

(Thanks to Seth Godin for the idea for this post. I saw his title, "I Don't Feel Like It," out of the corner of my eye, but didn't read his post until after writing mine.)