Fulfilling my daily obligation of blogging for over thirteen years, I’m pretty sure I’ve written about obligations before.
Now I feel an obligation to check that out.
Yes! Here is a previous post on obligations, from my third year of blogging.
I feel an obligation to tell you to click on the link in the paragraph above if you want to access that blog post, which highlights a group therapy session. Another obligation I just fulfilled was checking my math to make sure that the post was really from my third year of blogging.
Obligations that take a moment to fulfill are very different than those that take hours. And because I’m very aware of my own mortality, I often consider getting out of those more time-consuming obligations. My sense of obligation is so strong, though, that I spend a lot of time going back on forth about what to do about those obligations.
What’s an obligated person to do? Happily fulfill my obligation of sharing today’s images.
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Here’s an obligation I am honored to fulfill today — sharing this appearance of Dr. Martin Luther King on Meet the Press in 1965, which includes a discussion of moral obligations.
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There is no obligation to comment on this blog post, but I hope you do.
Thanks to all who are here for this obligations post, including YOU!
I have taken on the obligation of calling my high school BFF in Maine once a month. And every month I schedule it for a weekday and always end up putting it off until the weekend. Not because I don’t want to talk with her, but because we always talk for at least an hour and sometimes I think I just don’t have time – like I’m so crowded with activities and other obligations at 99% of 83. This month, even though I had promised myself I would do something else, I called her on Sunday and, as usual, I am always glad I did. We have so much fun talking that the time just flies by. And yes, it was over an hour. But it’s a far, far better obligation than doing the dishes!
Some obligations are good for our souls, Barbara.
I didn’t feel obligated to go reread your blog post from ten years ago but I was glad I did. There are no rules with blogging. Everyone figures out what works for them. It was interesting seeing how much of what worked for you then still works for you now.
I never feel obligated to read your blog posts either, my friend, and I am always so grateful when I do.
Blogging for 13 years, wow! Cool! I’m glad you kept up that obligation!
It’s a pleasure, Carol Anne! 💙