The Resistance Is Insidious

“Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance. As powerful as is our soul’s call to realization, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it….Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance…Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” -Steven Pressfield, The War Of Art

When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time
I’m not singin’, phone keep ringin’ cos I make up a rhyme
I’m not braggin’, people naggin’ cos they think I’m a star
Always tearin’ what I’m wearin’, I think they’re goin’ too far
A girl named Carol follows Daryll every gig we play
Then D dissed her and dismissed her, now she’s jockin’ Jay
I ain’t lyin’, girls be cryin’ cos I’m on TV
They even bother my poor father cos he’s down with me

It’s Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that’s right on time
It’s Tricky…(How is it?) Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It’s Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that’s right on time
It’s Tricky… Tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tricky (Tr-Tr-Tr-Tricky) Tr-tr-tr…-song “It’s Tricky” by Run-D.M.C.

The Resistance, as author Steven Pressfield so aptly names it in his terrific book The War Of Art, is insidious and takes on many forms.

It might be actual, tangible obstacles thrown in your way. Or just imagined ones in your head.

It’s psychic vampires who suck up your energy and passion. Or supposed “friends” and colleagues who won’t tell you the truth.

It’s shiny new objects that suddenly emerge or “what about if I did this?” opportunities that derail your focus.

It’s chasing accolades over process and losing touch with your why,

Whatever the form, The Resistance is real and it’s coming for you.

When it does, just remember: The more you feel it, the more you know you’re on the exact right path. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be coming for you.

Fight back.

Keep going.

Make.

Your.

Art.

By any and all means necessary.