Overcoming Obstacles
Overcoming Obstacles
Overcoming Obstacles
Obstacles are something that you are faced with throughout your day and are usually perceived as a hindrance or a problem. You encounter obstacles in your business, your work place, your relationships, your health and your personal lives.
So what if you were to change your perception?
You see, it isn't the obstacle that is the problem; it is your perception of the obstacle that makes it what it is. When you see something as being an obstacle you immediately have an opinion or judgment about it. Your thoughts take over creating a feeling inside of you that is in alignment with that thought. It is these thoughts and feelings that stop you.
Imagine that you were working to achieve one of your goals for the day. All of a sudden something happens that you weren't counting on. Maybe it is something unexpected around your finances or perhaps you had a time line in which to finish something and your boss decides that he needs it 2 hours earlier. These would be considered obstacles or so called problems. They are things that have gotten in your way of completing what you were doing.
Many times we think of our age, not having enough time or feeling that we can't do something an obstacle, but the only obstacle is your own thoughts about it and your choice to either move forward regardless of it or let it stop you.
I heard an amazing story once that really helped me to see why we have obstacles and barriers in front of us that I would like to share with you.
One day this ladies daughter was showing her an aquarium full of tadpoles. She had purchased a whole bag full of them for her children to watch grow from tadpoles into frogs. The lady noticed that there was a big rock in the aquarium. When she asked her daughter why she put a rock right in the middle of the tadpoles' environment, she told her an interesting story.
She said that when she went to the pet store to buy the tadpoles, the gentleman told her to be sure to put a big rock right in the middle of the aquarium. The tadpoles' must have this obstacle to give them the incentive to climb up and thus split their little wiggly tails so that their legs can begin to develop. if they have no rock or obstacle to climb up on, they will never turn into frogs. They cannot learn how to hop by just swimming around in water. They must have something causing resistance to give them the incentive to leap forward.
The man went on to tell her that last year a school teacher came back to the store and complained because none of her tadpoles had ever turned into frogs. She had put all of them in an aquarium and let them swim around but they never became frogs. He asked her if she had put a big obstacle, like a rock, in the middle of the aquarium. She said that she had not. She did not know that a tadpole will remain a tadpole unless it faces some obstacle or barrier that forces it to grow.
Why you have obstacles and barriers in front of you is not to hinder you, but to cause you to grow. It is not so much what the object is in front of you that matters as much as it is your attitude towards it.
If you just realize that every obstacle that you face is really a gift that is giving you the opportunity to grow, your thoughts about it will be more positive.
I now look at every obstacle as an opportunity and a blessing, a way for me to step forward regardless of the situation.
Understanding that barriers and obstacles, challenges, difficulties and hard times that you face are all there for a reason is important because without them you will never have the incentive to grow.
The next time you are faced with an obstacle ask yourself, "How can I turn this into a project that will work for me." Make it a project not a problem.
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