What is your wall?

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping stone in the pathway of the strong.
-Thomas Carlyle https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/obstacle

So wherever we  'think' we are going or 'why' we often hit obstacles or walls.  We get to this point where we cannot seem to go further.  Most of us will begin by resisting the wall and doing our best to knock it down.  Fruitless effort expenditure when all we have to do is sit back and understand what the wall is. 

So what are your walls, obstacles, barriers that stop you from going forward?

Is it one of these?
 

·         Illness

·         Trauma

·         Depression

·         Exhaustion from carrying a heavy load that belongs to you

·         Exhaustion that comes from carrying a heavy load that belongs to others.

·         Unexpected and unpredictable challenging Life circumstances

·         A lack of approval (Do you ‘need’ approval?)

·         Loss: of material items, things you identified with

·         Assumptions and opinions with negative consequences from others

·         Over exaggerated sense of duty and obligation(neurosis)

·         Habitual negative thinking patterns

·         Attachment to past: Identity of self, based on past behaviours and choices…labels. Maybe you tell yourself things like: “I am and have always been depressed, I am one of those people who is never satisfied. I am emotional, I am an angry person" etc etc

·         Rigidity in Beliefs

·         Sense of unworthiness for more

·         Guilt: keep you from moving because guilt keeps you stuck in the past

·         Worry

·         A need for perfection

·         A need for security

·         Fear of the unknown…of moving into new territory

·         Fear of failure

·         Shame

·         Justice Trap: looking for fairness and justice.

·         Procrastination tendency

·         Anger

·         Growing up

·         “Junk “ stuck in you

·         Perception of the world as hostile

 

Think about that for a while. What seems to be stopping you (and the key word is 'seems')? Remember you are weak only if you think you are.  Your granite wall can become your stepping stone

 

All is well.