I love reading inspirational stories. I just want to share this story how obstacles change our lives.


The Obstacle in Our Path
by Lee Ryan Miller

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many others never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve one's condition.

Some insights:

After reading the short story, I identified 3 Types of People:

1. The Avoider
2. The Blamer
3. The Doer

The Avoider is a person who thinks avoiding or ignoring the problem will make it go away, actually in reality the problem is still there.

The Blamer is a person who loves to blame other people once they experience problems and most of them do nothing.

The Doer is a person who takes action instead of complaining or justifying. You will notice that successful people falls in this category.

Most people don't realize that what made them a better person were those uncomfortable situations.

The question right now is which one are you?


"There's no Starting or Stopping, only Doing." - The Prophecy