This Helps Me When Resistance Comes Calling

I am Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, and you know who hates that worse than me? Yup, Resistance!

Throughout ‘The War Of Art,’ Steven Pressfield paints Resistance as a strategical genius.

A shapeshifting, dream-crushing, immortal villain who’s Hellbent on dashing our perfect plans.

“Have you ever brought home a treadmill and let it gather dust in the attic?,” Pressfield begins. “Ever quit a diet, a course of yoga, a meditation practice? Have you ever bailed out on a call to embark upon a spiritual practice, dedicate yourself to a humanitarian calling, commit your life to the service of others? Have you ever wanted to be a mother, a doctor, an advocate for the weak and helpless; to run for office, crusade for the planet, campaign for world peace, or to preserve the environment? Late at night have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn’t write, a painter who doesn’t paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is.”

He’s right, of course; Resistance is a bastard. One that relies on rational arguments, raw emotion, and the fear of failure to keep us down.