Resistance’s goal is not to wound or disable. Resistance aims to kill. Its target is the epicenter of our being: our genius, our soul, the unique and priceless gift we were put on earth to give and that no one else has but us. Resistance means business. When we fight it, we are in a war to the death.
THE WAR OF ART, by Steven Pressfield
… for me, working with the creative process is very much about acceptance and a two-way dynamic with you. And when resistance rises, it’s got something to share with you. Similarly, with cancer, that was the way I treated it, and that was what worked for me.
So, asking questions like, why is this here? What is it saying that I need to know? And working with it and not against it.
The Irish poet, Mary O’Malley, she has a great line, what’s in the way is the way. So, recognizing the resistance, recognizing that it’s there for a reason, and instead of trying to cut it away, listening to what it’s trying to tell you.
“The Seven Signs of Publishing Resistance,” Orna Ross
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