Bill Phillip's | Transformation

What You Resist Persists

Those are such powerful words. They really symbolize what it is that we do when we treat ourselves less than well when we are feeling we don't deserve more out of life.

Bill's post for assignment #11 was very powerful and moved me more than I would have expected this morning. "What you resist persists." Those 4 little words are so important to keep in mind as we reinvent ourselves. I have many examples from past years that point to this very phenomenon. Yet, every time I have actually made a change for the better, my realisation is always "why did I not let myself do this sooner?". Examples include:

• Leaving a job that was making me miserable (I cried every day on the drive home), despite pleas from my husband for me to just walk away (took me 1 year to decide I deserved it).
• Cleaning out my home of clutter that was weighing me down (took me 3 years to finally decide I deserved it).
• Dating after a bad relationship (took me 2 years to decide that I might be able to go on a date again and find a nice guy). 
• Doing BFL (took me 4 years to decide I deserved it).
• Letting myself have a work/life balance (took me 3 years to decide that work does not own my life and I do not have to sell my soul to a corporation and give up other things I want out of life).
• Changing my wardrobe once I had lost 3 dress sizes through transformation (took me 3 years to decide I deserved to only keep my 'skinny' good looking clothes and get rid of my fat section).
• Grieving my dad's passing (took me over 5 years to figure out I needed to let go, which was so liberating).

The funny thing is that when we see others self-sabotaging, it's completely obvious to us that what they would have to do to get what they want is very straight-forward. We give advice freely on many such topics. So, here's the question: Why don't we deserve our own best advice? Indeed, we aplaud others for making the straight-forward changes that will enhance their quality of life. Why then do we allow ourselves inertia we don't wish upon others?

I really want the next phase in my transformation. I will not resist it. I am taking it and will have it before my transformation deadline of November 17. There. I have said it. It will not take me one more minute to get to the next step. Enough is enough. I absolutely deserve it. And, looking at the list above, life is too short for me to hold myself back on things that really matter to me.

I wish you all the success you deserve as you continue your journey in parallel to mine. Namaste.

Helene