You set some goals and you’re bringing your full heat A-game (yaaas, I applaud you!). How rude would it be if an obstacle showed up right now? You know, those things mystically sent our way to shake things up a bit and make it a little harder to keep on keepin’ on from time to time. Well, Life-Hack: for any goal that we set, obstacles are to be expected. It’s the ebb and flow of life. But when obstacles show up, and they can show up in many different ways, what can we do?

It’s never the right time when they make their grand entrance, and although however inopportune, obstacles are important to the process because they make us remember our why. Our why is our reason- the gas behind the pedal, the tank in the little engine that could. Calling to mind why you wanted something in the first place, or why you got started in the first place is a humbling site to revisit if you haven’t in some time. An old saying goes something like this “if you want something you’ll find a way, if not you’ll find an excuse”, and perhaps it’s true. Our self-talk as we do the “difficult” things to come out on the other side is going to drain us more than the act of actually doing it. That’s something to chew over. In the face of something inopportune on your quest, are you going to fall back or rise up? That’s entirely up to you.

Obstacles and hurdles on the way to our goals call to question our why and equally as important, they call on our grit. Let me tell you something, if I have a new favorite word in 2020 it’s GRIT (disclaimer: last year it was resilience). Yes, they do go hand in hand, and no I didn’t plan that! Grit is doing what isn’t ideal because it’s a part of the journey- trusting in your journey because it’s aligned with your why. Nothing about rising above a hurdle feels ideal. In fact when obstacles come our way our bodies might even physically reject them, they might hurt like hell. And that’s okay, don’t judge it and get curious about it. Is something misaligned? Do we need to reassess that goal or our means to it? Feel into it, and go back to your why.

When we have a Birdseye view of our why, we subconsciously act with purpose and intention. God meets us at the intersection of intention and action. When obstacles come and we remember our why (intention), we put on our Grit goggles (action), and we do what’s uncomfortable in order to rise, and continue to rise you will. After all, you are made of the same omnipotent stuff that sets the stars in the sky.

In the words of Maya Angelou~ Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Love and Light,

Xx, Sab