Barriers in Life…

Chuck Yeager and his crew at Bell Aircraft worked on the problem of breaking the sound barrier for a long time (they were paid by the hour). No simple task at the time but it’s now common place (not breaking the sound barrier but getting paid by the hour) A few years back Peggie Flemming hadn’t thought of doing a triple camel. No one could get around that fast without landing on their fanny on the ice. Now, every 13 year old is doing them.

High jumping 7’? Doing a triple Lindy’s off the high board? Catch a 6 pound small mouth? Passing freshman composition when you can’t spell your own name? There are some things in life which seem impossible or so said Sir Edmond Hillary.
It’s amazing how different people see and approach a hurdle in life. To us in the majority a hurdle is a large wall blocking some type of advancement… but to a very few it’s a simple barrier holding them back from an adventure, a simple act of doing something that’s cool even daily living.

i.e. You have rather a large pain. It maybe your leg or is it the knee? Make that both or it could be a sever head ache or a pain in the butt. Whatever the case you suck it up and win the US Open Golf Championship. Maybe you are born with a major life threatening handicap but it’s not acceptable to you or your family so you suck it up and battle on. You are a soldier for your country in a wrong spot in the wrong time but thankfully modern medicine has saved your life…

There are amazing stories in this world when people put aside their fear of failure and simply press on. I have a dear friend who is pressing on with a critical health battle. You could crawl in a hole but that doesn’t do it. For even in dealing with a health problem there is something to be learned. For all that we are confronted with is all a part of the life’s ride. … yeah there are a few big bumps, just hang on and enjoy the ride. Beep beep.

Pictured is Rosebud hanging onto the controls of an F16, dear me!