Changed forever

# Chapter 169

Obstacles are a normal part of an eventful and exciting life as I have said before. And in defeating them and overcoming them we are changed forever. Neither my brother nor I were very good a learning new languages. Though we did it, there was nothing fun or enjoyable about it. The energy and focus demands were excruciating. But my brother said something after I had learned Russian and he had learned German, “after doing this, I can do anything.” The overcoming of that challenge, defeating it, climbing that mountain, change us.

These days I don’t have linguistic challenges, I have financial and vocational ones. You have your challenges and they are likely different than mine. We can be transformed by the process of overcoming them. It helps a great deal to envision what changes about you as we climb our mountains and reach our peaks. In the striving we are shaped and formed into more. The constant effort and demands makes us hardier and stronger and resilient and capable and focused. Welcome the obstacles!