“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.”

A thought by Steven Pressfield (2010-08-30) from his book, The War Of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle. PREMIERE. Kindle Edition.

I usually write this blog in a Starbucks right after I have done my daily walking. I have put it into a routine that helps me to do it. Now today my routine was a little off and I almost said, “I won’t write today”.

There are so many things in life that it’s not the doing that is difficult but the starting. My walking was one of those. I knew I needed to exercise, I needed to lose weight but I didn’t start until my wife found out she had diabetes and she needed to change her diet and to exercise so I did it with her. Now because of different schedules I do it by myself but it is a part of my six day a week routine. It is not an option.

Now it is good to have choices. But there are some things you just need to do.

One of those areas for my family was going to church every weekend. It was not an option we just did it. Of course my father was a minister and I am a minister but I am now retired and it still isn’t an option. We don’t get up each Sunday and decide whether we want to go or we feel like going. We just do. That has also carried over into my kids. They are adults now with their own family and it isn’t an option for them either.

Now in being retired life has taken on a lot more choices. I choose what I do each day. One of the reasons why I write two blogs is because I have chosen to do something creative with my life even in retirement. Leisure doesn’t make a difference in other’s lives and we were created by God to create ways that make a difference in our worlds. But creating can be difficult. What keeps us from it is what this book by Steven Pressfield is all about. The problem is resistance.

I am now retired. I’m not paid to do this but I was created by God to create. So here I am. I have resisted my temptation to not write today. Even if what I have written isn’t read by anyone it made a difference in my day to do it. I didn’t resist I did. And that is a victory.

So what is holding you back?

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