Most of the time when we think of resistance, we consider it in the traditional sense of challenging organizations, governments, and socio-economic systems that threaten individual, civil, and human rights.
I took my children to see the film, Selma this weekend and I was satisfied at their ability to draw parallels between the civil rights movement of the 60's and the protest movements of today. Each overcoming resistance to changes that seek to move us closer to a more universal experience of our humanity.
On the drive home I considered the meaning of resistance as it plays out in our daily lives in the most personal of ways. I took this question into my evening prayer and meditation time and discovered that wisdom awaits in our resistance when we are courageous enough to listen.
"Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is. The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds." ~ Dan Millman
I recalled one morning griping on about the cold and how much I hated having to wear closed in shoes and so many layers of clothing. I laughed out loud when a friend remarked, "It's winter."
I was resisting winter.
Winter which must come every year, some years in milder form than others; nevertheless it arrives. Just as there are seasons for Mother Earth, there are seasons in our human experience. Each rotation no matter how simplistic or trying is transformative and brings along with it renewed purpose. Yet we resist either by our refusal to let go, extending prematurely, or grasping for that which was never intended.
The budding of Spring cannot last forever, nor can the carefree heat of summer. The leaves change and must be shaken from their comfortable branches to rest on the cold ground and be buried in the snow.
Release the fear that prompts attempts to control the seasons and grow into the inevitability of the changes where promises of peace and freedom await.
Do you resist the changing seasons in your life?
What challenges are you currently grasping for or bracing against?
Are you blocking valuable new experiences by holding on to outdated ones?
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