Brick Walls

When I came to Campbellsville for orientation they gave us this book called the Last Lecture, everyone was suppose to read it so that all the freshmen would have a shared intellectual experience, (sounds kind of corny, doesn't it?)  Anyway as the summer went on I just read other stuff that I wanted to and said to myself that I would eventually get around to reading it.  Well I never did, but right now I am in my dorm and that's the only book I brought and with no roommate yet and tons of free time I started reading it.  As it would turn out, the Last Lecture is a really great book, I highly recommend it for anyone.  It was written by Randy Pausch and about how he lived basically.  Anyway throughout the book Randy talks about these brick walls he encountered throughout his life, and how a brick wall is there and unless you want something bad enough to get over that brick wall then its not going to happen.  Reflecting on my own life, I am sad to say that there hasn't been anything that I feel like I had to overcome to achieve a dream or goal, I have not run into any brick walls.  Although, I feel like I might be encountering some currently. I can't think of where I was discouraged and plowed right through anyway.  It makes me wonder if either I haven't run into any brick walls yet, (I am only 19) or I just haven't wanted anything badly enough to get past a brick wall.
    Over coming things is something I love to think about.  It is one of the reasons I like running; because, running is all about pushing yourself to where it hurts and then digging a little deeper and making it hurt even more, and then sometimes if you are lucky you will even be free of the pain, but that is a rare occurrence and one to be treasured.  But hey, maybe I am making too big deal about this whole brick wall thing maybe coming up against the brick wall means you need a lot of faith and dependence up on God.

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted" Randy Pausch, "The Last Lecture"