Resistance ~ Oh How I Love Thee

I hope you hear the sarcasm in my voice about the title of this post.

Resisting feels to me like when you are trying to learn something new. You understand the mechanics of the skill and know in theory how it is supposed to work; but the harder you try the worse you seem to do.

Think of all the excuses that we use to fuel that resistance. Fear, not enough time, it's too hard, I don't have enough money . . .  I'm sure we could sit here all night and list a lot more.

I guess the trick to fighting off resistance is finding a way to move past it. To let go of whatever it is that is keeping us from moving forward. Or maybe just figuring out what is keeping us from taking the next step.

I would love to hear what helps you move past resistance?  What keeps you moving forward? 

Quotes

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. ~ Steven Pressfield

The pain that you create now is always some form of nonacceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind. ~ Eckhart Tolle from The Power of Now

When you talk about what you want and why you want it, there's usually less resistance within you than when you talk about what you want and how you're going to get it. When you pose questions you don't have answers for, like how, where, when, who, it sets up a contradictory vibration that slows everything down. ~ Esther Hicks

You cannot resist something to which you grant no reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. The more you resist, the more you make it real—whatever it is you are resisting. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

The word "surrender" is often interpreted as giving up, as weakness, as admitting defeat. Although this is one way to use the word, we will use it in a different way. Surrendering means letting go of your resistance to the total openness of who you are. It means giving up the tension of the little vortex you believe yourself to be and realizing the deep power of the ocean you truly are. It means to open with no boundaries, emotional or physical, so you ease wide beyond any limiting sense of self you might have. ~ David Deida

Transformation ~ Sept. 17, 2011

Wow . . . dropping my amazing daughter at college yesterday was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I wanted so badly to spend a couple of days up there with her.  We were all in tears before we even left the house yesterday.  It reminded me of when she was little and I would drop her off at day care.  Especially those days when she really didn't feel like going. 

When she called this morning . . . homesick and crying; well I bet you can guess that we had another tough situation.  As the day went on she started feeling better about being there and settling in a little more.  But then we get home from a day at the shop, cooking dinner for 2 and staring in to her empty room . . .

So transformation was a good topic today . . . because we change daily, our kids grow up more every day and there is nothing that we can do about it.  There is no pause button on life; and even if there was our kids need to grow up and learn to live their own lives.  Even though it feels a bit like a part of me is missing.  I know this is an important transition for her and us; but knowing that doesn't make it easier.  I wish I had some advice or tips on making it easier, but right now my emotions are on the surface and it is hard to look deeper.  

Quotes

The distance isn't important; it is only the first step that is difficult. ~ Marquise Deffand

Take an hour every day at dawn and give it to your Self. Meet your Self there, in the holy moment. Then go about your day. You will be a different person. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly...
Suddenly I awoke...
Now, I do not know whether I was then
a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man.

~Chuang Tzu

"The caterpillar trusts his maker that all is well. He does not cling to his old garment and thus is transformed into a magnificent butterfly. There is no pain, it is a natural transmutation. So it is with us. As the chrysalis is the bridge between caterpillar and butterfly, so is True perception the bridge between separation and Oneness. We are transmuting into a new state of Being. Clinging to our caterpillar stage, our old ways of judgment, we shall never learn to fly into the dawn of a new day." ~ Peter Erbe


Blog Posts

7 Steps to Move Through Shame, Fear and Regret ~ “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~ Anais Nin


Tiny Wisdom: You Need to Forgive Yourself ~ “Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” -Leo F. Buscaglia

Love Through the Eyes of a Child . . . . ~ ""Love, in it's greatest and most meaningful form is found in the simplistic actions of those who are true to you." ~Danielle Miyoshi" 

August 18, 2011

Blog Posts

Know that there's enough room for everyone to be passionate, creative & successful. In fact, there's more than room for everyone; there is a need for everyone. ~ Marianne Williamson

The journey toward your Big Dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you were born to do. And until you decide to pursue your Dream, you are never going to love life the way you were meant to. ~ Bruce Wilkinson

Remember, you are constantly in the act of creating yourself. You are in every moment deciding who and what you are. You decide this largely through the choices you make regarding who and what you feel passionate about. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: When Things Aren't Free ~ “Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.” ~ Dwight Eisenhower

How to Shatter Your Perceived Limits and Achieve More ~ While much of the post is a story about an iron man race the tips are great for any circumstance where you feel like you have reached your limit. ~ "There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.” ~ Napolean Hill

Small Things That Matter ~ "Exercise: Think about the things you do everyday. If they seem insignificant, try this perspective: How many people depend on those things?"

August 10, 2011

Quotes

I discovered that searching can be as interesting as finding. ~ Paulo Coelho

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life. ~ Jean Bolen

The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Blog Posts

Balanced Living: 6 Tips to Stay on Track ~ “Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.” ~Winston Churchill

How Naked Are You? ~ So, how naked are you? Have you stripped back those emotions that kept you shying away from a happy life? How have you beaten the embarrassment of baring your feelings? Or what’s worrying you about getting things off (your chest)?"

Resisting What's Good For You? Here's Why ~ "First, every pattern in your life is doing something good."

July 24, 2011

Quotes

So the question is not: Why start off on such a path? You have already started off. You did so with the first beat of your heart. The question is: Do I wish to walk this path consciously, or unconsciously? With awareness or lack of awareness? As the cause of my experience, or at the effect of it? ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark.... Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach.  Check your road and the nature of your battle.  The world you desired can be won.  It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. ~ Ayn Rand  

Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

If you knew who walks beside you on this path that you have chosen, fear would be impossible. ~ A Course in Miracles

May 24, 2011

Tiny Wisdom: On What We Envision ~ “We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.” - Unknown

3 Mistakes That Hold You Back in Life & How to Avoid Them ~ “Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” ~ Marianne Williamson
 
Quotes

So let us go forward, quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. ~ Vincent Van Gogh

Nobody else knows your reason for being. You do. Your bliss guides you to it. When you follow your bliss, when you follow your path to joy, your conversation is of joy, your feelings are of joy -- you're right on the path of that which you intended when you came forth into this physical body. ~ Abraham Hicks

We are all one.  Ours is not a better way, ours is merely another way. ~ Neale Donald Walsch