Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 65 of our Trek, and today we are going to look at overcoming the obstacles on the trails of life. Many times obstacles are self-imposed or caused by self-limiting beliefs. We need to learn how to un-chain the elephants in our lives.
We are recording our podcast from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. This week we are preparing to have Paula’s three siblings, their spouses, a few nieces and nephews, and four of our five children in for a gathering on Friday night and Saturday. It will be a great time together, and we feel very fortunate that we can host many family gatherings at ‘The Big House.” There is a lot to do, both inside and out, before Friday, so it should keep us plenty busy.
It is time to break camp and begin on our Trek. We are setting out on a different trail today, and as we gaze up the trail, we see that it is very steep with many rocks, trees, and other obstructions in our way. Additionally, the trail is narrow with a solid rock face on one side and steep cliffs on the other.
As you look at the trail before you, you think to yourself, “I have never hiked on such a dangerous trail before. I don’t think I can do it.” Your thoughts continue, “After all, I have been told many times before that I am clumsy, and that I never am able to complete tasks.” You convince yourself that maybe it would be better that you stay at camp today, or better yet, you should just quit all together.
This is the type of thinking that limits so many people from achieving all that they could with their lives. If you are susceptible to this type of thinking, you will never to be able to reach your full potential to become all that God has destined
