Walls are only in our minds. We say, “I have hit a wall I can do nothing else.” The reality is, you can do something else. You can always do something else. Take the folks stranded at the airport. What can they do while they wait for a plane to be able to fly out? They can change plans, and instead of thinking, “I have to get back right now,” they could think, “what can I do here now?” You get extra time where you are now. Maybe that is the best thing for you right now. Maybe that is the thing that happens so that you meet your spouse or make a new friend or go a new place or have another adventure.
A good motto is “Change is good.” Just because change is not what we like, who says what we like is what we need?
One time I was in New York and they had overbooked the flight and offered a thousand dollars to anyone who would stay over another day. Like a total fool I thought “Oh no. I have to get home.” So I got on the plane.
Who knows what would have happened if I had stayed, much less getting a thousand dollars, which would have paid for the whole trip. I was afraid of change. I wish I was stranded in Paris right now with no more money. Think of the adventures I would have and the people I would meet because we were all in the same circumstance. Trauma makes quick friends. Then I would have a story to tell when I (eventually) came home.
I would start writing about my experience and sell it to a newspaper. Everybody likes a good story. You don’t need things to work out all the time to be happy.