Freelance Writer and Social Worker

The Motivation to Write

It was a gorgeous Sunday morning, one of the few really spring-like days we'd had during April. I'd spent the last two weeks bundling up against gray, cold skies and dodging rain drops. Now there was so much I wanted to do...walk to the library across the street and find a great book. Go over to the pond and feed the ducks. Shop for new spring clothes. Even do spring cleaning with all the windows open and the warm breeze carrying the scent of cleaner away. Any or all of those ideas would have been appealing.

Instead, I plodded over to my computer, powered it up, and started working on two writing projects that were coming due.

Why did I do that? What motivated me? To answer that question, it helps to know that there are two basic types of motivation: external and internal.

Silence

 

 

 

 Silence

 

We sit in silence, you and I.

The pleasantries have been exchanged.

The dear, familiar stories shared with love and laughter.

The last moments examined for any kernel of meaning.

There is only one thing left to ask:

Why?

You have no answers.

I have no answers.

So we sit in silence,

Waiting for knowledge that does not come,

And grateful for the fleeting seconds of comfort

We are able to lend each other.