The energy to commitment may be great, but the purpose of the commitment is greater.
This last weekend alongside incredible leadership, I had the honor to speak with our military members of the Oregon Air National Guard and their families. I was there as a Family Programs Volunteer and as a military spouse. Since most of our members recently returned from a 6+ month deployment, we wanted to focus on an integral part of the success for each individual in a military family, who is supporting this commitment.
We narrowed in on how, as a team, we are supporters and committed to each member, their families, and their mission. We went through available resources, healthy methods of communication, maintaining a family network here on base, benefits from healthcare to education, and many other things.
We discussed the fact that, to our service men and women, the commitment to self, family, fellow members, and country takes discipline, balance, and routine. For our families to be committed and supportive to their service member's mission while also taking care of all things on the Homefront, it takes dedication, resiliency, selflessness, support and well-rounded communication. To continue to grow this amazing group of highly effective Civil Engineers, create higher retention, contribute to thriving military families and overall contentment - each person must be committed to their individual role because their commitment to that role has a far greater purpose.
This applies to all people and industries in regard to commitments and seeing those through. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone followed through with their commitments and gave their best daily? What could be achieved if each person was motivated by the principle of the purpose being greater than the commitment itself? I can! I see greater personal fulfillment, successes, and stories of perseverance! Let’s start with that today!
