4 Strategies for Overcoming Life’s Obstacles

I’m so grateful to author DiAnn Mills for inviting me to share this post with her readers on her beautiful blog. DiAnn is an award-winning, best-selling romantic suspense author with a heart from Jesus, love for her readers, and passion for helping other writers.

I hope my post on overcoming life’s obstacles encourages you today.

When my now-husband James and I were dating, he helped me purchase my first mountain bike. I knew he loved off-road biking and that this investment would give us hours of quality time together.

Going on three years now, I’ve been riding my Cannondale with him, and he’s been helping me improve my technical skills. Along the way, I’ve had a few falls and close calls, because the trails are often riddled with roots and involve some elevation. (Even Florida has hills!)

The other weekend, I came to a screeching halt. I don’t mind a descent, but this one looked like a cliff from my perspective.

“You’ve got this,” James said. “It just looks like a drop-off, because of the roots, but once you get over them, it’s a smooth slope.” He proceeded to demonstrate as I hopped off my bike for a closer look.

Avoid Delays

Getting off my bike was my first mistake. Hesitation might just be the number one reason that obstacles get “in our heads.” When we give ourselves time to overthink the situation, fear creeps in.

I’m not saying that we should take unnecessary risks. However, in my case, my husband had just showed me that there was no danger and confirmed the drop was no harder than others I’d already done.

Are you tempted to delay a decision you need to make? If you’ve already accessed the situation and determined that you need or want to move forward, what is holding you back? Chances are, the longer you procrastinate, the less likely you will proceed at all.

Remember Achievements

While fear was trying to hold me back, I should have recalled similar challenges I’d already overcome. Moments earlier, I had climbed a hill that sent me slipping backwards a year ago. Today, I pedaled up the incline, no problem.

Also, compared to the drops I’d completed on our bike trip to Bentonville, Arkansas a few months prior, this descent was a cakewalk.

In the moment, though, we tend to get stuck mentally. However, if we can find the presence of mind to realize we’ve already overcome similar obstacles, we can move forward with confidence.

Discover the next two vital steps and how you can be an overcomer! Click here to read the rest of the post on DiAnn’s website.