The greater your opposition is, the more obstacles you have to overcome, the sweeter, brighter, greater, and more meaningful your victory will be. Meet your challenges head on; widen the circle of your influence and envelop them, absorb them, make them part of your straight path. Defeat them by making yourself greater. Keep your focus on staying in the flow of achieving your purpose. When you win, none of the obstacles will matter. Will it be difficult? Probably. Will it be a huge struggle? Possibly. Will it be impossible? Only if you choose to stop. Don’t stop.

From the forthcoming book, THE BARBIZON DIARIES, the second volume in The Meditations by James A. Owen. Coming soon!