"Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront
Resistance? Does Resistance have to cripple and disfigure our lives
before we wake up to it's existence? How many of us have become drunks
and drug addicts, developed tumors and neuroses, succumbed to
painkillers, gossip, and compulsive cell-phone use, simply because we
don't do that thing that our hearts, our inner genius, is calling us to?
Resistance defeats us. If tomorrow morning by some stroke of magic
every dazed and benighted soul woke up with the power to take the first
step toward pursuing his or her dreams, every shrink in the directory
would be out of business. Prisons would stand empty. The alcohol and
tobacco industries would collapse, along with the junk food, cosmetic
surgery, and infotainment businesses, not to mention pharmaceutical
companies, hospitals, and the medical profession from top to bottom.
Domestic abuse would become extinct, as would addiction, obesity,
migraine headaches, road rage, and dandruff."
Steven Pressfield, "The War of Art"
This is a good book. Get it from your library....go to Barnes and Noble and sit in one of their comfy chairs for 2 hours...when Hol is done with our copy you can borrow it.
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