![]() ![]() The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Here is a telling passage, next to which I wrote, in the margin, “The writer who doesn’t write, the person who doesn’t live.” Talking about the unlived life and resistance Pressfield writes: ![]() Therefore, the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. Resistance is experienced as fear the degree of fear equates the strength of Resistance. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. He proceeded to tell me the book was full of terrible advice, the self-help equivalent of “follow your passion.” In its place ,he offered up Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art, which not only describes the experience of writing but deals with the broader subject of overcoming obstacles to success.Īre you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. A voracious reader and best-selling author emailed me shortly after my post Anne Lamott: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. ![]()
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