God’s Dictionary: Resist

By on April 28, 2009 in Spirit

Resist

re- = against

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-sistere = to stand firm

            Resistance is ninety percent of what causes us pain in our own personal growth. Resistance is like driving a car and gunning the gas with all your might whilst the other foot is on the brake just as adamantly. At its very root resistance is the activity of fear. Fear is what causes us to make excuses, argue, obfuscate (look it up!), and generally make ourselves and those we love miserable, all the while protesting that we want to grow and change. 

          Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “What we resist persists.” A perfect example: Whatever you do, don’t think about the Statue of Liberty. How long did it take for her to show up in your mind? Emerson was right! When we resist, we stand firm against whatever it is that we really need to approach openly. Ask: How can I stop standing against what I need to embrace today?

Infinition:

          Where I resist is probably where the greatest gifts lie for me right now. I cease resisting. I open my arms wide to the bounty waiting for me and am I blessed!

 

reprinted from God’s Dictionary (Tarcher/Putnam 2002)

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