I’ve observed that almost all of us let ourselves be pushed by our resistance to one thing troublesome, scary, or unsure.
We tackle a tough activity—creating one thing, for instance—after which we really feel some type of resistance or we really feel overwhelmed. It’s typically merely worry of the unknown.
It’s fairly regular and comprehensible to let this worry drive our actions—or inactions.
However what would it not be like if we didn’t let this resistance drive us? What if we may keep within the uncertainty and really feel the resistance however nonetheless rework it into creativity and motion?
Let’s check out the 2 components of that.
Keep within the Resistance
Step one is to put aside some house for no matter you’re resisting. Warning: This step could be a doozy. We in some way all the time discover ourselves too busy to do the factor we’re resisting. Humorous how that works.
So if you happen to discover you by no means have time for it—make the time. Put aside quarter-hour within the morning, or perhaps 30. Put it on the calendar and commit your self totally.
Let’s say you try this and now you end up in that block of time. However then, abruptly, the whole lot else appears pressing. Your emails are out of the blue irresistible or your kitchen wants fast cleansing. Keep put. Don’t abandon the duty. Your resistance needs to drive you away, however you’re going to attempt one thing completely different. You’ll take management of your life fairly than letting life occur to you.
Sit nonetheless for a minute and really feel the resistance. Don’t dwell on the ideas about how one can’t do that or how you must do it later. As a substitute, give attention to the feeling of resistance in your physique, the itch of overwhelm that reveals worry and uncertainty. Acknowledge that it’s merely a sensation, an expertise.
Be with it. If it seems like greater than you possibly can deal with, keep just a few moments longer. That is coaching. You might be strengthening your tolerance to have the ability to keep mindfully current with the sensation of resistance.
With follow, you be taught that it isn’t an enormous deal. You might be with it, with gentleness and even love as an alternative of judgment.
Remodel It Into Creativity and Motion
When you’ve performed that, there’s one other unimaginable approach to work with this power in your physique. It seems like one thing you don’t need, nevertheless it’s truly power.
That is the power of life, of being human, of worry and which means, studying and creating. Of discovering one thing new and connecting.
This power isn’t one thing to expel, however to make use of in your creation. What are you able to create on this place of resistance with this unsettled power? Are you able to let your self keep curious and discover? What may emerge if you happen to keep open right here?
From this place, your deepest creation will probably be uncovered. You start to appreciate that you simply aren’t the inventor of your creations however the discoverer of them. You start to get enthusiastic about what is likely to be unearthed within the unknown.
That is magic. What are you ready for?
