No Path In Life Is Obstacle-Free

Are they obstacles or unique opportunities?

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Some weeks, this article gets written the day before I post it. Other weeks, like this one, it doesn’t get done until the morning I create it.

It never ceases to amaze me how it just flows with ease one week, while another it’s a struggle to find what I desire to write about. This is one of the latter weeks.

It doesn’t help that it’s a rainy day. Not in the sense of a nasty, cloud-filled sky and drizzly rain, but a proper rainy day. I can hear it on the roof outside my window, on the street, and see it in the air. I love this sort of rain.

The trouble is, it’s very distracting. I don’t want to write, I want to sit down and read. Take a nap. Get in bed with a lover and enjoy each other’s bodies with the rain in the background. Sitting and doing my work, walking my path? Do I have to?

This is just another example of how no path in life is obstacle-free. And that’s because no life is obstacle-free.

What are obstacles?

This is often a matter of perspective. One person’s obstacle is another’s opportunity. What you might see as being in your way and problematic, I might see as being an interesting challenge and encouraging. Your mileage may vary.