The Fine Details Of Commitment

We all come to the practice of the dharma because we want change in our life, otherwise If we were happy with how things are we wouldn't bother, would we? Yet we so often think that these changes are some how done by acts of will and choice. What we often do not appreciate is that with change comes by giving things up and renunciation. Taking responsibility for your habits and be prepared to surrender them for the dharmic change we all so much desire. In order for this to truly take place we need to take our commitment off the cushion and into our daily life and look very closely at how so often we just don't want to give up even the smallest of habits and things we attach to.