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Road Blocks

We all have road blocks in our path that keep us from accomplishing the things we want or moving past the things that have hurt us. Sometimes it is people, or our mindset, fear of rejection or it is tragedy. For me it is all of the above.

So we have to find that dream or goal even if it seems out of reach. Then we have to start recognizing the “hurdles” that keep us from accomplishing it.

1. If it is people we have to learn that the only way to overcome is to learn to change our reactions not their hurtful actions. There will always be someone who is hurting just like you that will try to hurt you. Let me say it louder for the ones in the back. There will always be someone who is HURTING just like you that will try to hurt you. You cannot change opinions, mindsets, words, but you can change how if you allow it to take residence in your heart.

2. If it is your mindset then GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD. The only way to overcome how you feel about yourself is to fill your mind with positivity. Surround yourself with positive people that lift you up, tell yourself you are enough and capable of achieving that dream until you believe it!

3. If it is fear of rejection then understand that ALL of the successful people do the same things.
  • Stop worrying about what others think.
  • Understand that you WILL go through a gazillion rejections and no’s until your dreams and goals take off. It’s your consistency and ability to drown out the negativity that will allow you to stay the course. 
  • Own it! Be authentic and sincere. One of my favorite saying is by Thomas Edison…“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
4. If it is tragedy then one of the most therapeutic and one of the hardest things is acceptance. You have to learn to accept the way things are now and learn to keep going. When you’re in physical pain that is often a tough thing to accept.

I am reading “It’s not supposed to be this way” by Lysa TerKeurst and she talks about how she was rushed into the hospital because her large intestine had somehow detached itself from her abdominal wall and twisted to the point where blood flow was dangerously restricted. A large section had to be removed. She kept questioning how God could “sit by her bedside and allow this intense pain” The doctor told her that she was basically a miracle because when he went in her cells were in a state of death. Basically if her pain had stopped. It would mean she would be dead. So the pain that God didn’t take away was actually saving her life.

That really spoke to me because I have often asked God why he allows my husband to hurt so much. I have to keep reminding myself that he saved my husband on the side of the road that day because he wasn’t finished with him yet. Sometimes we suffer and it is a tough pill to swallow. And honestly I will ALWAYS want him pain free. But holding on to a greater purpose now gives me just me that mustard seed of faith!

I have goals and dreams that I am not willing to let slip through my fingertips because the devil tries to tell me I am not capable or worthy or meant for me!

WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHAT ROAD BLOCKS ARE YOU LETTING STAND IN YOUR WAY?
COMMENT BELOW ANDLET’S TEAR DOWN THE ENEMY’S LIES TOGETHER!

💙
Pam

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