“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones;
it all depends on how you use them.”
barriers
A Better Life ~ What’s Holding You Back?
What’s holding you back? Are the barriers real or are they your mind’s creation? Most of the barriers we face are self created. The higher we build our self created barriers, the easier it becomes for us to make excuses, blame others, feel sorry for ourselves, or lament that life is unfair. We can tear down our self-created barriers as easily as we built them. The first step is to be honest when examining the barrier. If the answer is, the barrier is real. The next question to ask, is there a workaround. There usually is a workaround to most barriers.
A Better Life ~ Something Works
In every relationship something works. Why focus on a disagreement that only builds barriers? Focus on what is working and make more of it. When two people agree on what is working, they center their attention on creatively building the relationship. It’s always a choice, we can choose to focus on what is working and make more of it. Or, we can choose to focus on what isn’t working and create an atmosphere of blame, shame, and defensiveness.
