If you are reading this and have not yet laid your hands on a gem of a book called “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield, please do yourself a huge favor and grab yourself a copy as soon as humanly possible. In it, Pressfield describes the characteristics of Resistance, which, in short, is self-sabotage that prevents us from doing/thriving at whatever it is we’re born to do. We beat Resistance by sitting down to do our work, inviting the Muse and just doing it.

As mentioned in my introductory post, this is why I’ve begun to blog. It gets me to just sit down and write on a regular basis, whether or not I have anything worthwhile to say. It makes me overcome anything that would prevent me from my creative tasks.

I believe that this is what I’m asking for when I say, “Give us this day our daily bread,”–bread being the creative drive, wisdom, spiritual sustenance. God, today grant me the ability to create. Forgive me for the things that get in the way of that, and help me to stop sabotaging what you have created me to do. Thank you for that spark you have put in my spirit. I invite you to inspire me today.