What is Commitment in RME?

 RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION

 What is Commitment?

Commitment is:

•     Giving oneself completely to a person or a cause; or,

•     Devoting oneself to a person, or group or thing, especially if that person or group or thing is worthwhile.

 

We show commitment when we:

• Perform our responsibilities willingly.
  

• Share our resources to help the person or group or thing.
  

• Enter into agreement/covenants with the other party.
  

• Share the other parties joy, sorrow, successes and failures.
  

• Share the interests of the other party and contribute to their welfare.

 

Ways by which one can show commitment to friends:

•     Sharing ideas, skills and knowledge with them.
  

•     Helping them in times of difficulty.

•     Sharing our items with them whenever they need it.

•     Defending them when they are in trouble.

•     Correcting them in a nice way when they go wrong.

•     Sharing our secrets with them.

•     Being entirely truthful with them.
  

•     Praying for them.
  

•     Advising them to stay away from wrong-doing.
  

•     Apologizing to them whenever we wrong them.
  

•     Forgiving and encouraging them when they do us wrong.
  

•     Helping them to do their housework.
  

•     Visiting/communicating with them regularly to check on them.
  

•     Tolerating and respecting dissenting views from them