Imagine– you’re on a basketball team, and before a game your coach announces the other team couldn’t make it, but you’re going to play anyway. The game begins, you have the ball, run down the court and make a basket – easy when there’s no one blocking your shot. This happens over and over again. How long before you are bored to death? No one wants to lose, but we do want a challenge. Winning and scoring are great, but if we dig a little deeper we realize that the thrill is in Life’s Everyday Obstacles- Gotta love ‘em By Joan Washburn developing our skills so that we can win despite the obstacles. Obstacles are at the heart of every interesting and worthwhile game. Yes, obstacles – those objections and disruptions intent on blocking our progress. We try to be prepared, but sometimes they just pop up out of nowhere. They’re expected when it comes to sports, but in the game of life the single most noted reason we don’t begin to play for what we truly want “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” -Christopher Reeve
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