Hurdles

A dear friend of mine with a gift for language told me he feels like he's in a "hurdle forest" right now.  I think anyone going through a lot of changes can see where he's coming from.  Overcoming this, navigating that.  He's traversing all these obstacles to make his life better, deeper, more meaningful in the long run, but in the short term, it's challenge after challenge.

I wrote back to him that sometimes obstacles are there to show us how much we want something.  Every difficulty we work through confirms our desire.  Strengthens it.  

Now, I'm also thinking that hurdles serve to help us loosen up a little bit.  They remind us that our dreams may not manifest in exactly the way that we envisioned them.  That we have to be flexible along the path, and understand that these hurdles might even be our gateways to awesomeness.

Yeah, I said it.

"GATEWAYS TO AWESOMENESS"

Personal growth.  Deeper understanding.  The whole nine.

Have a great Sunday.