That which you resists

“That which you resists, persists” – Carl Jung

Have you ever heard this saying? The first time I heard it I almost laughed at the simplicity of it.  You see it never occurred to me that worrying about the money to pay my credit card bills, paying my rent, paying my car payment made earning the money more difficult. For the longest time I was caught up in where is the money coming from.  It seemed that no matter how much I earned at my job I just couldn’t earn enough. Have you ever felt this way?

When I heard this saying for the first time the gravity of this statement didn’t sink in, until one day I had enough!  I was tired of scrapping by, I wanted more out of life!  I wanted life to be lived on my terms not on my boss’s terms or the job’s terms.  I wanted to be free!  I wanted to live.  Then as if some chance encounter I heard it again, “that which you resists, persists”.

BINGO!!! That was it.  I was resisting the bills, the job, the life I wanted.  Like a ton of bricks the saying made sense to me. I was causing my own issues because of my thought process.  I wasn’t thinking of what I wanted I was thinking of what I didn’t want, so guess what I kept getting more of what I didn’t want.

Now I see the income I desire, I see the house I want to live in, I see that car I want to drive and instead of coming up with reasons why I can’t have them I am finding more ways and ideas on how I can attain my desires and dreams.  Once I stopped resisting what I didn’t want I could finally see all that I did want.  These wants are all possible once the resistance gives way.

Let the resistance fall to the wayside and allow that which you desire to come to the surface!