dailydatewithgod

Why do we think obstacles are the problem?  Why do we assume that the road to where we are going is supposed to be smooth without any obstacles?  The strange thing is as much as we fall for this idea, again and again, we continually encounter obstacles.  Even when Dorothy and her friends followed the yellow brick road to get where they wanted to go, they encountered obstacles.  And with each obstacle, they learned something and received what they needed.  In fact, by the time they reached the wizard by going through the obstacles they were formed by them into what they were seeking.  The lion became courageous, the tin man became loving, the scarecrow became smarter and Dorothy realized the place she called home was actually always within her reach.  What if life is actually an obstacle course, not a smooth highway?  What if we are supposed to move through and overcome obstacles not get them out of the way?  We think obstacles are an impediment to our growth but they stimulate it.  We presume there is a problem when we encounter obstacles but they are on the path for a reason.  Through the obstacles we encounter we discover the faculties within us we did not know were there until we came face to face with them.  We think it is a place or a thing we are supposed to get to in life.  Life is about being. God has shown me on our daily dates that being on the path, facing the obstacles, moving through them (not around them) is what gets me to the destination inside myself that I think is somewhere out there.