I just finished a book. It’s called The War of Art, which is not to be mistaken with Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. Author Steven Pressfield is a former marine, so there is a sense of warring alluded in the book, but nothing that will compel you to dust off your Risk board game. And not that many people want to play Risk anyway.

Okay, back to my point. There’s a captivating line from the book that reads, “Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” If you want me to fully comprehend the whole notion of Resistance, I would suggest you buy the book, but basically, Resistance is the thing that stops you from releasing your creative work.

During a snow day I had last week, I was faced with many options. Shovel, sled, sleep, schlep, surf the Internet and many other activities that may or may not start with the letter S. The one thing I found hardest to do was “silence” the day. My Resistance was the inability to just get quiet, soak in the moment for more than a moment and actually ask God, “What’s up?”

Sometimes when I pick up my 5-year-old son, I ask him, “How was your day?” It is a simple question, and oftentimes, it elicits simple answers from my son. He talks a lot. He talks about his friends, what he ate (although I know what he ate as I usually pack it), the project he worked on for the day, how he loves animals and how he can’t wait to get older so he can start driving a truck.

Before you know it, my son has just spent our whole car ride talking about stuff. With one question, we made a real deep connection. My son feels confident that I know how his day was and I feel good for being the kind of dad who “invests time” into his children, or something like that.

For some reason, I tend to forget that prayer with God is a lot like that interaction I have with my son in our car. It’s telling him how my day was. Just talking … kind of like a salesman with a Bluetooth strapped to his ear except you don’t look as funny.

I’m thinking about going for a walk. Actually, I’m going to just do it. I’m going to walk. I’m thinking about talking to God during that time. I’ll start by answering the question, “How’s your day?”