This seems to be a wall

Somehow, I got musing on the idea of walls - those apparently insurmountable obstacles that keep us from getting to where we want to go (My husband, son, and I learned that not even a GPS system in a rental car can get you through a wall to a gated community, but that is a story for another day...)

Then, my mind turned to the idea, "Well, if the wall is there and I need to get past it, how many ways can I think of to do so?" Here's a partial list

• Build a ladder


• Build a staircase


• Raise money to install an elevator


• Dig under it


• Keep walking until you find a way around it


• Gather a group of friends and make a human pyramid to climb it


• Then, toss down a rope for others to climb up, too


• All of you learn how to rock climb! (We don't need no stinkin' ropes!)


• Use a sledgehammer and try to break it. Again, you'll need some friends


• Divert a river to flood the area in front of it and ride over it on a giant inner tube


• Build a hot air balloon and float over it


• Train a bunch of birds to lift you in a harness over the wall.


• Keep the wall, but paint a mural on it


• Turn around and walk away from the wall. Find another place to go.


• Sit there and blame the wall for wrecking your life


• Make peace with the wall

And that's just from a few minutes of creative musing. What walls are in front of us? How are we going to get around them, if we choose to do so?