Overcoming Obstacles

An obstacle is largely defined as something that causes prevention towards progress. Obstacles come in all different challenges and types. As I think about my biggest obstacles in life not many came across my mind. Yes, there were times when things got tough but I always seemed to manage through them. I eventually came to the conclusion that I was my own obstacle in a way. The most disappointing time I have had in life began around the start of my sophomore year in high school. Around this time, my parents began to have fallouts within their relationship. The utter disrespect, betrayal, and overall mistreatment between two human beings where actions that shouldn't be tolerated in anyone's household. These were the same parents I had lived with

I essentially tried to hide her away from our parent's troubles so she wouldn't fall between the cracks and continue to guide her down the right path. As you can imagine those types of situations do not settle overnight and it robbed me of my sophomore and part of my junior year. I attended school every day completely absent-minded and my focus was nowhere near where it should have been towards my studies. All I could do was think of how this wasn't supposed to happen to my family. Lord why me? A question I may have stated several times throughout the day. As I look back on that trying time almost 3 years later, I wish I would have known what I know now. I wish I would've known that I really had no control over the situation at hand. I wish I would've known that I should have stayed in a child's place and attended to what was really important for me and my future at the time. Since I have matured these recent years I've learned to not use things as an excuse for a downfall. One reason I dislike telling this story is because of it sounding of some sort of excuse for my poor habits towards my education. I truly believe in the phrase "everything happens for a