. I actually got it for free from the Domino Project a few weeks ago, but the download was not available until today. It magically synced on my app on my phone and I got busy reading. Here is one quote I love from the book."The hospital room may be spotless and sterile, but birth itself will always take place amid chaos, pain, and blood."
Simple, yet epic.
Last year in May I had the opportunity to witness this firsthand through the birth of my daughter. The room is quite enjoyable and relaxing, until that moment. Until that moment when you hit the pain of child birth. This is the ugly middle. This is the moment in time when one chooses to overcome a great conflict and struggle because on the other side we know that a great story awaits. A great story awaits for all those who are willing to cross the ugly middle. Once we cross the pain of birth a great story is born. We have to choose to enter the room and wrestle with the ugly middle and overcome what Pressfield calls "resistance."
What resistance are you facing?
What are you waiting to give "birth" to?
He wrote The Art of War, right? I'll have to check that book out. I've heard you and a couple of other people mention it.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to give "birth" to forgiveness. Forgiving someone/something when you still feel they are WRONG is difficult- but I know I'm called to it.
Thanks Emily for the comment. Forgiveness can be very painful sometimes.
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