NaturallyResilient

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I have a problem with obstacles that are encountered in life. How should they be dealt with?

Are they just a test of your determination? I have always noted that successful people are persistent. They meet a challenge with determination. An obstacle is just a challenge to be overcome. Obstacles are speed bumps on the road to success.

Then there are the obstacles that are actually closed doors. These are the signs that you need to look around for the open window; it is time to go in a different direction.

But how do you know which type of obstacle is in front of you? If you treat it as a test of your determination when it is a true closed door, you will beat your head on it for quite a while and never get anywhere. You will waste a lot of time and energy. There is a chance you will become obsessed with the problem and never look around to see that there is an open window or another door just beckoning you to enter.

If you treat it the other way, where you see the obstacle as a closed door when it should be met with determination, you may never actually complete a project! Running from all obstacles will lead to a wishy-washy character trait; one where you will never stick to anything.

So how do you tell the difference? I believe most of us fall somewhere between the two. We have each developed an internal stop light to tell us when to move on and when to stick with something. This internal light will vary with the project. When we have a lot of passion for an effort, we will keep with it, determined to see it through. Passion creates stick-ability.

I’ll continue this thought tomorrow.

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