Obstacles Take On A Life Of Their Own If We Let Them

Obstacles take on many and varied forms.

A plain obstruction will try to inhibit direct progress, but normally there is a way round this - but you have to decide that the detour is worth the time and trouble. Obstructions do remove themselves in time - but can we wait?

We can see barriers where none exist. Or where others only see a straight road ahead.

Hazards are varied and dependent upon our perspective. Having to forge a stream may not be difficult but as the stream becomes a river the danger increases - and particularly after heavy rainfall.

Hazards do accumulate. Some work against one another, but many reinforce the blockage. And extra care needs to be taken.

There can be many things that hinder our progress

• obstructions
• blockages
• barriers
• hurdles
• difficulties
• handicaps
• drawbacks
• snags
• deterrents

Some make life quite difficult to navigate. Others trick us into easing up and relaxing, then try to catch us unawares.

But, as with many things in life, it is not the hurdle itself that may be most significant but the way we handle it.

What we bring to the game is perhaps the more important aspect

• determination to put the required effort in
• a confidence to get the most out of things
• the respect for self that will bring out our best
• the respect for the task that we need take it seriously

and the acceptance of what may be despite or because of our best efforts.

Whether we view these impediments as a test of our resolve or our abilities they occur. They also come and go. And we remain.

Whether we remain on our course depends whether we have been diverted by the action or distracted from our primary goal.

Obstacles take on a life of their own - or that is what it may seem. We need to keep our focus and attention on the main tasks at hand, whether the road ahead is clear and straight or windy and of uncertain surface.

And anyway. which goals are really worth their salt if they do not initiate in us some passion for their achievement, rather than easily falling into our lap at the first opportunity.

While we may wish for the latter more often, the former almost certainly gives us the greater satisfaction.