There is no way to avoid brick walls. We all hit them from time to time in our pursuit to achieve what we want. And that is the good news! When you are staring at a brick wall, you are looking at the raw material for your success. You have two choices: stop and give up, or bust through.
Most people stop and give up. Why? I think it is because they did not want it bad enough. Brick walls are necessary obstacles for growth and expansion. When we come to an obstacle in our pursuits, it’s time to check in with ourselves and ask how badly do we desire what is on the other side of the obstacle. There is a saying “the only way out is through.” Breaking through is to grow and expand. Growth and expansion is a natural state of everything in the universe. We must grow and expand or we begin the process of dying. It is just the way it is.
We often think of brick walls as external forces that we confront. But I think the biggest obstacles are within us. We can get in our own way. We impose obstacles to our growth and expansion simply through our beliefs about ourselves, our current attitudes, our level of awareness. The truth is nothing on the outside of us can have any real effect on our progress toward the good we desire. We create our own perception of reality by what we believe. If you believe there is not enough, or you do not now have in your possession what is required or necessary, then you will experience that outcome in your life.
The brick walls we encounter are more or less of our own making.
The perceived obstacle in front of us is there to test our conviction, passion and belief that what we want is really worthy of us. Worthy of trading our “life time” in exchange for the attainment and experience of our heart’s desires.
I know this can be a difficult idea to understand. But think about any important thing that has been achieved in your life thus far. Certainly there were brick walls to bust through or go around in the process of your getting what you want. Obstacles are always in advance of achievement. As your goals and desires grow ever larger, so will the challenges. Within the challenge, one finds the raw material of success. The greater the challenge, the greater the success. If you have brick walls in your life right now, consider them to be blessings. For that is exactly what they are.
