"The Greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it" -Moliere
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” Unknown Author
“Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” -E. Joseph Cossman
| Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life... as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”- Booker T. Washington | |||||
Obstacles. Sometimes they are obvious: lack of money or resources, a disability or illness, having no support system, having no job or no education. Addressing these is a blog for another day, today I want to talk about the obstacles that don't really exist. Ah, but they are so very real. They are the ones in your mind. They are the ones someone told you existed or you created yourself. You know the kind: you are not smart enough, you are too old (or too young) to do that, no one has ever been able to do that--what makes you think you can. You can fill in the blank with your own. These are the kind of obstacles that can be tough to overcome, especially if you have believed they existed for a long time. These are the kind of obstacles that tend to get bigger all the time. They have often been built up like a big wall--brick by brick. Maybe they started with one comment by a parent or friend and got piled on by your own feelings of insecurity. Then perhaps a coworker added another layer, followed by your spouse and so on and so on. Most times people who are adding to your wall have no idea and certainly wish you no harm--in fact they may think they are helping you.  |
