Overcoming Obstacles

Each morning you’re faced with choices!?

There’s often many obstacles that come across your path as you start your day. Sometimes it’s hard just to get moving!

Some things can be so overwhelming and often seem like impossible roadblocks, but you always have options.

It can be as simple as getting out of bed and starting your day. Overcoming the voices in your head telling you to turn over and go back to sleep. And that is where the choices begin. That is where you have to choose to take that first step.

I want to encourage you today that you can overcome obstacles in your life and you can move in a positive direction! You just have to get moving.

No matter how difficult it is, just keep moving forward.

Albert Einstein says, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”?

That is the truth! Obstacles and life challenges not only present choices, they present opportunities. A way to move forward in a direction you may have not seen if it had not been for the roadblock.

So think about where you are now and where you want to go. What is standing in your way? What are your obstacles?

Every day we need to strive for progress, not perfection. We need to keep moving forward no matter what we face.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” Michael Jordan

You have to believe in yourself and know there is something greater in you than any obstacle.?

When you believe you can, it’s powerful. It’s a choice and sometimes you have to get creative, but realize you have amazing opportunities in front of you, if you keep moving.

It’s not always easy, but it can be done. Your challenges and obstacles are there for a reason. God uses them to mold you into the amazing person he wants you to be.

Just as the butterfly has to overcome the obstacle of the cocoon in order to fly. Without the struggle, it would not be strong enough to fly. It is a beautiful ending, and the struggle is important to the journey.

As much as we don’t like to suffer through these obstacles and challenges in life, they make us stronger and build character.?

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” Rikki Rogers

So why not look at what you Can Do… Not what you can’t.

Learn to begin the day with an attitude that intentionally moves you forward, one step at a time.?

Life is full of opportunities and you can overcome more obstacles than you know if you believe. Just take it one step at a time.

You’ve got this!

For more information on Russ Hedge, go to www.russhedge.com.