A famous figure in history once quoted “If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably won’t lead anywhere.” This famous figure’s name was Frank A. Clark. Obviously, a path without hurdles would be everyone’s deepest desire. A path such as this would be seen as a golden sidewalk leading right to the roads of success. A path such as this would be everyone’s wish in the three that they are allowed to have. Granted, this path leads to the high echelons of money and fame, but at the same time incredibly easy. Such a path should not exist. Obstacles are necessary to learn from. In my eyes, a path with no obstacles is as good as any path on its own. I still remember the day I walked into the chalk-filled gymnasium for my first gymnastics meet.
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Take Walt Disney, for example. Today Disney is one of the most influential companies in the world, holding a small part in every child’s heart. Astonishingly, he was fired from his work in the newspaper because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” Trampled by his own low spirits and hung by his loss, he decided to brew his own magic, making each of his movies a little more astounding than the last. Even J.K Rowling, international best-selling author of the Harry Potter series started off as a broke, divorced, and severely depressed individual who was trying to make some money by writing a novel and struggling to raise a child all alone. Rowling, now one of the richest women in the world is standing with her head held high, proud of how she didn’t give up, even in the darkest of times. I have encountered so many varied obstacles in my lifetime of 13 years. BOOM! Another one popping up in my face. BAM! Another that I have overcome. Failure in my life is a lead balloon, falling fast and it is my job to pick it up, as I always have. If there has not been a single obstacle in my life, that means one of two things - I either never tired anything new and never went to the deep end, or there is an obstacle awaiting me in the corner. The balloon will always fall, but once picked up, it floats far, far up and away from the ground
Take Walt Disney, for example. Today Disney is one of the most influential companies in the world, holding a small part in every child’s heart. Astonishingly, he was fired from his work in the newspaper because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” Trampled by his own low spirits and hung by his loss, he decided to brew his own magic, making each of his movies a little more astounding than the last. Even J.K Rowling, international best-selling author of the Harry Potter series started off as a broke, divorced, and severely depressed individual who was trying to make some money by writing a novel and struggling to raise a child all alone. Rowling, now one of the richest women in the world is standing with her head held high, proud of how she didn’t give up, even in the darkest of times. I have encountered so many varied obstacles in my lifetime of 13 years. BOOM! Another one popping up in my face. BAM! Another that I have overcome. Failure in my life is a lead balloon, falling fast and it is my job to pick it up, as I always have. If there has not been a single obstacle in my life, that means one of two things - I either never tired anything new and never went to the deep end, or there is an obstacle awaiting me in the corner. The balloon will always fall, but once picked up, it floats far, far up and away from the ground