Overcoming Obstacles Essay

I was now playing on a select team and also on a premier club team. I was feeling great. During my eighth grade school soccer season, I was the top scorer for my team and I had high hopes of making Varsity soccer as an entering freshman. Two weeks prior to the start of soccer season, I broke my ankle playing indoor soccer. I was overcome with more disappointment than imaginable. I felt like the one thing I had worked so hard to accomplish was once again taken away. Similar with The Pact when Sam also had the same struggles. He failed his first state board exam, and was left behind, because Rameck passed. It was something that delayed his medical career temporarily, but if he wouldn‘t have stuck with it, could have delayed it permanently. Sam had to put his other priorities aside, and completely focus on his goal at hand. The recovery after my injury was long and rough. I had to also put my other priorities aside. If I wanted to become better, and work through my injury, I needed to make sacrifices. I worked hard to get back in shape, attending physical therapy daily, instead of hanging out at a friend’s house, catching up on the latest gossip. My asthma made it difficult, but because I continually practiced, it soon became easier for me to run, and move the ball. All I wanted to do was to prove myself. Even though my dream did not become fulfilled that season, I knew it would be a possibility the next season, if I worked continuously. Sam’s dream was achieved by his pure work…

People think one way of overcoming their obstacles, but what if there was always another way to jump over the hurdle? As a child my way of thought was to only go forward and no other way. This stopped me from overcoming many of my disadvantages. When I was in middle school I got stuck on a logical question which was a big obstacle to my learning process. Mrs. Sharp who taught math soon noticed that I was having trouble with the question. “Go think of another way around the problem,” she asked…

When most people think of overcoming an obstacle, they think of the physical, something like finishing a difficult project or running a marathon. We are inclined to forget about the mental obstacles, despite the fact that they are often much harder hurdles to leap than the ones you would find on a high school track. I have encountered plenty of real life obstacles, of course, and have met them with success and failure alike. But the one I am most proud of overcoming is not something I could put…

Based on the dictionary definition, I think the obstacle I faced does fit into the definition of an obstacle. According to Albert Einstein “The only source of knowledge is experience”. This experience I had, when I was small did prevent me from getting to know people and make friends because I wasn’t able to communicate. Besides, the difficulty of communicating, it was also difficult to understand the teacher whenever she was explaining the homework. For all these reasons, I felt that I have…

Many individuals view obstacles as being negative, however, I see obstacles as giving people a chance to practice courage- courage to improve our situation, our world, and ourselves. Since I was a young girl, I have always been very fortunate. I had a mother and father who poured me with their love, two older brothers who defended me, and daily reminders about my schedule. My parents advised me to study for my tests, wash my uniform, and to make my lunch the night before. Within a very short…

Time and again we hear of people who have had major challenges in life and they have worked to overcome their obstacles. Each story follows the same generic pattern, and now these stories that once seemed miraculous hardly faze us. Despite the fact that I faced a challenge, my story is not miraculous, nor does it follow the same pattern of facing a challenge, realizing that life would not be the same without overcoming my obstacle, overcoming the challenge, and going back to the life I had…

"It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness" (Herbie Hancock). Everyone has obstacles in life. It does not matter whether the obstacle is big or small; what matters is how one overcomes the obstacle. From personal bullying and mistreatment experiences, I know that it is important to have faith and patience in order to overcome obstacles. For years, I have faced bullying for being disabled. Due to osteosarcoma, I limped when I walked and…

right mindset, everything that occurs to us in life is an opportunity. The temptation is usually to see things in terms of being positive or negative. We tend to focus on the favor and blessings that God gives us, and wish we could ignore all the obstacles and challenges. This is because the positive and the negative are creations of our brains, causing us to choose how we perceive and classify our situations. By default, we want to avoid obstacles, but what if they are challenging, in the best…

In life people will overcome many obstacles whether it be a physical or a mental obstacle. Such as an disorder or something as simply as going to school as some try to work through their problems it's not as easy as saying “hey get over it!” most of the time saying something within those lines makes it worse for that person. To be able to overcome an obstacle i feel that you need to know mostly whether something is wrong or right, having a smart decision when given choices and trust me there…

“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” – Albert Schweitzer. We all have obstacles in life but when we overcome them we become stronger. We can use that new strength to overcome other obstacles. I used to be really shy. I had experiences that helped me overcome this obstacle and now I’m a new person. Everything has a process, but the results are worth all the bad moments. I never wanted to participate. I was that one girl in…