The Resistance Gauge
Quote of the day
‘Resistance is your
forbearance to constant intimidation. It is your tolerance to common
adversities in life. It is your endurance to continue despite the desire to
discontinue. It is a personal challenge in your life attached to a timeframe
that suits you. Finally, it is your opposition to temptation. As you develop
your resistance you can see openly your strength increasing. This visualisation
is called The Resistance Gauge.’
No one knows exactly what resistance is until they need to develop it.
To understand resistance, we need to understand Ohm’s Law.
Ohm’s Law
‘The current passing through an electric wire at constant temperature is
proportional to the potential difference on either ends of the wire.’
Current is the flow of electricity around a conductor. Current or
electricity cannot flow across a non-conductor. A conductor could be a piece of
copper wire and a non-conductor could be a piece of wood. If I put an obstacle
in the way of a conductor like a resistor I can actually slow down the flow of
electricity across that conductor. The greater the value of my resistance the
slower is the flow of electricity in that conductor. Dimmer switches at home
are classic examples of everyday resistors that we use. As we lower the
resistance of the dimmer switch the brighter the light becomes and conversely
as we increase the resistance the dimmer the light becomes. Our journey in life
is like a flow of electricity around a piece of wire. I want you to imagine
this piece of as long as 100 years. Our starting point in the conductor of life
is at birth. Life is really wonderful however along our journey we encounter
resistances that tend to slow us down or stop us in our track. To overcome
these resistances, I want you to develop with my help the counterforces needed
to overcome these obstacles. Forbearance is one of them. Forbearance teaches
you about patience and self-control when a resistor holding a value called
intimidation stops you. Intimidation will always be there. I once thought that
when I left school I would leave behind the horrid tragedies of bullying. Unfortunately
bullying exists everywhere. It exists in the squalors of life and in it exists
in the luxuries of life. The next counterforce is called Tolerance. Tolerance
is about being open-minded about the little things in life and the bigger
things in life. It is about becoming less emotional and more controllable. It
is about letting bygones be bygones. It is about maintaining a strong mind-set
without getting upset. The next counterforce is Endurance which is your staying
power. Your stamina is your phenomenon that defines you and refines you. Your next
counterforce is opposition. Opposition is your mission and ambition in life. It
is your earthly mission to say no to temptation. It is also your ambition to
overcome the diversity of temptation. Temptation started in the Garden of Eden.
Like Ivy it is has weaved itself into the tapestry of life. You cannot recognise
it because it looks normal. You cannot see it because it is camouflaged. You
cannot feel it even though it is omnipresent. Opposition is your resistance to
overcome the adversities of life from the puddle in the street to the muddle in
the sidewalks. I want you to determine your resistance as of today and slowly
increase it during the rest of 2016. We need to move up along the Resistance Gauge.
As we bid farewell to a wonderful month in May I want you to reflect on the last
31 articles and use it as your foundation to create a strong resistance. Join
me tomorrow at the crack of dawn as we welcome a new month into our lives, I
call it the month of Selectivity.