I can't count the number of times in my life I felt like I was up against a wall and couldn't see how something would work out, only to discover that the solution was actually simple (and that I can't control anything). All I needed was perspective (and sometimes maybe a ~reality check~ ... but denial is something I'll get to later). 

The girl in this image is experiencing the same thing - literally.

She can't see that the wall is paper thin, and all she would have to do to get past it is invest a little effort, and push it over.

In my final semester of my last year of college, I took a class called “Leadership, Ethics, and Social Responsibility”. We talked about the concept of resistance a lot. We learned that Resistance is mental. And in order to respond to resistance, we have to  do two things. 1. Identify it. 2. Make a conscious choice to face it. 

We all experience “resistance” in different ways-

I experience resistance at my job. I experience resistance EVERY TIME my alarm goes off in the morning. When it’s time to clean the cat box. When I have opportunities to expand my skill set. I experience resistance when I have an entire day to myself and I could spend it digging into God’s word and learning about Jesus, or I could watch an entire season of a trash show…And, surprisingly, I experience resistance when I have the time to create. 

Creating is a therapy for me - it helps me proces things I’m dealing with in life, and allows me to share that process in a unique way. But that doesn’t mean that every spare second I have I want to dive into something creative. Most of the time I’m intimidated by the things I have to do to create the next image, and that resistance holds me back from jumping into my messy creative process.

We all experience resistance, and it can manifest in so many ways. 

Resistance - the space between will I, or won’t I? 

Most often, when I experience this, I respond fearfully. 

I’m learning that by responding in fear, I am risking missing out on something potentially wonderful. That not choosing to put in just a little effort means potentially losing out on something life changing. Or even just something fun - a change from the norm. 

Resistance:

rəˈzistəns/ noun

the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another.