Sunday, January 18, 2009

Fill the Void

“A wedding ring doesn’t cover the hole.”
We’re not sure if The Chemical Buddha’s early childhood was more fucked up than other people’s, but we do know he had some challenges to overcome. This saying is actually something The Chemical Buddha’s mother always said to him before she went ‘out’ to spend another night with a ‘sick’ friend. At his impressionable age, this idea would later frame The Chemical Buddha’s entire understanding of fidelity and relationships. It also framed his thoughts on commitment and one’s responsibility to those commitments. That said, The Chemical Buddha was committed to something: not committing to anything.
Do you follow through on what you commit to? Or do you just commit without thinking?
What do you do when you don’t want to honor your commitments? Do you let the other person know or just do what you want to do and hope they don’t find out?

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