We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.
Fear doesn't go away. The battle must be fought anew every day.
The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.
We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance.
The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.