When a lover gives oneself to another, is it devotion or commitment? It is difficult to say because it would depend on what type of relationship the two have with each other. Ideal love should be based on devotion because it is in a sense that devotion is unconditional and flexible. Commitment seems to be more like something that you have to agree to or given to, mercy. It also appears to be something that one would have to teach oneself to know. Commitment shouldnt be something that should be practiced in a relationship. Commitment is different from devotion because of how it is similar to when a person signs a contract. The person is now constrained to a certain set of rules and obligations the person must fulfill. Whereas devotion has no pathway, it may go wherever love leads it. Commitment is more work than it is play. One has to discipline oneself and have the willpower to complete a desired goal. Practicing commitment in a relationship is not ideal because love isnt needed in this type of relationship. It is simply implying that a person needs willpower to stay with his or her partner. Or it can be seen as a person having an obligation to staying with that partner due to some circumstance. Commitment is okay in a relationship if devotion is present.Since commitment stems from work, devotion must come from play. Although commitment is associated with work, devotion may also be linked to work. One can easily be devoted to his or her work. It implies that the person is truly in love with the job. If you were to observe all people to see who had the purest form of devotion, you could see that children had it. Children live with no sense of time and from this time, exists a sense that one who lives in timelessness can live happily. In timelessness, there are no worries. When two partners are devoted to one another they are truly in love. There is no sense of time and they experience a euphoria that is unexplainable. The devotion is ...
