Friday, March 04, 2011

JOT Day 73 - Right on schedule

So this resistance thing I've been wrestling with, or trying not to wrestle with, I got some relief from it this morning.

There were some thoughts rolling around in my head that felt better and gave me some hope that this thing is starting to shift.

You can tell when you've done some good work upstairs because thoughts that are different than the ones that drive you nuts become available to you.

So I was able to build another page on my website and move forward with plans for others.

I received my improv class registration info and have it all ready for Monday evening.

And a very good friend offered some relavent info for mitigating my quandry.

Thank you, universe, for setting things up the way you've set them up. Once I catch on, I get it, and then it's come along for the ride or get out of the way.

Mar 4, 2011 5:26:06 PM | JOT

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JOT Day 71, 72 - Resistance thy name is futile Every once in awhile, we run into resistance so thick and gooey that it is magnificent in its perceived impassibility. It's been a long time since that's happened to me, but here it is, on my doorstep, in my lap, staring me down like the amusing little gremlin that it is. Except it feels like a giant. I can't really put my finger on exactly what is kicking up such a fuss, but I have a pretty good idea, and that is all the seeding it takes to go on a decent hunt for resistance bear. It's a pretty good rule of thumb that wherever there is resistance there is big, juicy change ready in the wings, just waiting for you to make a shift in your beliefs. Only the big, bad resistance bogey man likes to take all the attention and limelight. He'd like for us to believe that what we perceive to be true is true, so he can stay safe and continue ruling the roost. And maybe he does for a little while. But then the shifts start happening, and he has no choice but to relinquish command. He never entirely disappears, and he doesn't need to. He can assume the role of outback guard around the campfire, staying alert for any real dangers that might be lurking in the shadows. All that extensive training doesn't have to go to waste.
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JOT Day 74, 75 - Take the planet's evolution off of pause, and press play in your life Resistance is fueled by unexamined or unchallenged beliefs that aren't true. It's also fueled by putting other people's needs before your own. This is otherwise known as being a doormat. Another thing that keeps resistance in place is not honoring the requirements you have developed and are afraid to teach others so they will know how to treat the new you. Especially you--how to treat yourself differently. It's so much easier to keep the status quo in place. Or is it? The amount of energy it takes to hold a train-wreck waiting to happen in place is a thousand times more than letting it go and doing what you really want to do. Clarity is priceless. It takes away the smoke and mirrors of the foothold resistance thinks it has on you, and makes things very simple: you are holding on to beliefs that don't serve you and don't serve those around you, and it feels safer to stay small than it does to grow. So are you going to let yourself get away with that? It drives you crazy when you see it in your friends and family. Why should you be able to continue this slow poisoning of yourself? The price you pay for safety is too high. It robs you of your vitality, your income potential, your creative expression and your dignity. Cuz Resistance's cousin, Inner Critic, has field days with this stuff, doesn't she? it doesn't matter where those messages came from originally--it was either a family member or a religious authority figure or a teacher of somebody that needed to feel bigger than you in that moment. Or it's ancestral baggage that hasn't been processed for decades, and you're the lucky one who gets to deal with it for the family, since they aren't about...

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