Choosing a direction is the first step in aligning ourselves with wider attractor fields. Commitment is the element of attraction that makes the journey a likely success because things start to take on a quality of permanence. This is obvious in human relationships but not as commonly understood in terms of spiritual pursuits. Commitment can keep a marriage together but can also make a spiritual journey a grand success.

Until one is committed there is hesitating, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans. That the moment one definitely commits oneself, Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of

unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed

would have come his way.

– JOHAN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Goethe knew that nothing can come about until there is commitment. This is true because the law of attraction will only allow us to have the things we think about each day. Until we are committed to placing our energy in one certain area, the success of our endeavors cannot be realized. Goethe also expressed this sentiment in relation to the power of love when he said, “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” It would seem from his ideas that we are not only affected by the things we focus on in our minds, but especially by the things we love.