Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess the talent that our still, small voice tells us. That we actually have the guts, the perseverance, the capacity. We fear that we truly can steer our ship, plant our flag, reach our Promised Land. We fear this because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know. We pass through a membrane. We become monsters and monstrous.

The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He's petrified.

To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.

Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.