That quote really spoke to me, too. Too often I forget that God has already equipped me with whatever I need to accomplish his will in this day. And if I need something different tomorrow, he’ll supply that too. I need to live it out now instead of thinking I’m not quite ready yet….

I’m glad you “don’t cheat us” at your blog, Jennifer. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your life lessons through your writing and for the comments you leave on mine.

I understand that resistance, Betty. And usually the bigger the project, the harder it is for me to even get started on it. Like I mentioned above, I usually have to trick myself into small segments, 20-30 minutes, to at least sit down and think about it, whether or not I write anything. That usually starts the ball rolling and pushes me past the sticky part. Praying the words flow smoothly for your retreat!

Your review was very informative and had some great quotes. I’ll add the link to it here for anyone else wanting more. Thanks, Joy!

http://www.joyweesemoll.com/2014/02/02/book-review-the-war-of-art-by-steven-pressfield/

His quote: “Don’t cheat us of your contribution. ” encouraged me.

Have a great weekend, Lisa,
Jennifer Dougan
http://www.jenniferdougan.com

I sense that resistance just sitting down to write something for my blog. As soon as I start my mind gets crowded with all other things to do. It is happening to me right now. I am working on something for a retreat I am speaking at and it’s been hard to just sit down and at least give my self time to do it. Good post Lisa, Informative post.

This book was helpful to me — I also read and reviewed it this year.

I’m glad you’ve read it, too, Kel! I’d heard about the book for awhile, but I saw Steven Pressfield doing an interview about it not long ago, and that pushed me over the edge to go ahead and buy the book since I couldn’t find a free copy. Now I’m glad I did because I’ll have it to return to over and over.

Yes, those first steps are often the very hardest. Sometimes I just “trick” myself into agreeing to just doing something for 20 minutes (or some small random number). Then once I actually get started, I find that I can do even longer.