“Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.” – Orison Swett Marden

Someone once told me that you are only as big as the difficulties that stop you. How big of an obstacle does it take to stop you in your tracks?

For some people all it takes is an obstacle the size of a remote control to stop them. Those are truly small people.

Compare that to the cyclist in the Tour de France who rode through rough cobblestone streets with a broken collar bone. That takes a big person.

What about the young woman working a full-time job and a part-time job while taking college classes at nights, on the weekends, and online? She’s already completed her Associates Degree and has no student loans and a lot of work experience!

Want to hear about someone bigger? How about the young man with one arm who taught himself to eat fried chicken with a fork – gracefully?

What is it that is keeping you from doing what you really want? I don’t really need to hear your answer. The reason I don’t need to hear your answer is that I already know the answer.

For what its worth, I believe the only thing that is really keeping you from what you want out of life is you.