Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set into motion by which, inevitably an… - Steven Pressfield

When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling — meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.

The pro keeps coming on. He beats Resistance at its own game by being even more resolute and even more implacable than it is.

Remember, the part of us that we imagine needs healing is not the part we create from; that part is far deeper and stronger. The part we create from can’t be touched by anything our parents did, or society did. That part is unsullied, uncorrupted; soundproof, waterproof, and bulletproof. In fact, the more troubles we’ve got, the better and richer that part becomes.