“Resisting something is a sure sign you are supposed to be doing it. The greater your resistance, the more important it is to you.”
A few weeks ago, I tweeted this thought. Today, I am still grappling with it as much as I was when I originally wrote it.
Do you feel some resistance to it as well?
I thought you might. I invite you to read my thoughts and add your own. Together, we can explore the validity of this concept. Deal? Here goes.
When something we have not accepted as a given for ourselves enters our awareness, our natural human inclination kicks in and we begin to erect the walls of resistance.
We may become defensive, take things personally, make excuses, and justify our actions. More importantly, we will most likely close ourselves to new ideas, other people’s perspective, and further entrench ourselves in our current understanding and stance. We withdraw from the conversation and start to protect ourselves.
Our language continues to spew out rationalizations, complaints, and outspoken opposition. Emotionally, we harbor feelings of blame, shame, guilt, jealousy, pessimism, frustration, anger, and depression.
The stronger our emotional reaction, the more likely our resistance is related to a core challenge we face in life.
Emotional warning signs are opportunities to examine aspects of our lives that are holding us back. We welcome what we allow. We resent what we resist. This is a perfect time to allow something new to emerge in our lives.
If we choose to meet these opportunities with the same type of resistance we have been discussing, then we ensure a quick trip to the back of the life learning line. Awareness opportunities are neither good nor bad. They are simply a chance to learn something new about us and to make a choice without self-judgment.
New awareness opens the doorway to new possibilities for us. Our thirst for change awakens and our creative juices freely flow. We no longer resist the unknown. We make a friend of change. We trust the choices we make. We live more freely.
What do you think? Did this strike you in any particular way? What emotion are you feeling?
Do not resist the urge to leave a comment, let it out. Sharing our point of view adds to the community conversation in ways we cannot imagine. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the concept at hand.
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