How easily water slips through one’s fingers and hands. Such flow and delicacy. A stream of water starts very small, pushing it’s way through hard, heavy rocks and boulders. Over time, water carves it’s own path through which it flows through; something as soft as water manages to erode something as hard as rock through the works of numerous years. Is a human, or any animal for that matter, able to break apart rocks with our bare hands as easily?
I compare this example to one of the absolutely brilliant quotes I remember from years ago:
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child… If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
― Margaret Atwood
There is no non-cliche way to say that you are the water, and the goals you try to reach are on the other side of the mountain, over rocks, fallen trees, and other barriers. If you stay persistent in your goals and keep trying, you will get through, just like water. No matter how big of the rock it is, no matter what lies in your path.
Sometimes the greatest barrier in achieving our goals is, our-self. When you procrastinate, when you don’t try your best, you are stopping yourself from reaching your potential. That is virtually the easiest, yet the most difficult barrier to overcome.
Good luck.
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