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A Stumbling Block


They are held prisoner (this may represent my own or other peoples" bitterness about the situation) and I feel compelled to rescue them. The wind may represent unhappiness or negativity about the current situation. The candle represents both my safety and my faithfulness to the task. When I walk forward, this represents my decision to take control of the situation and my power to do something about it. .
             The candle going out may represent my loss of safety, and the "craaaaaaaaack!" could represent my paralyzing fear about the consequences and also the possible anger of other people towards me if I do carry the task out. Moreover, glancing sideways could symbolize taking my focus off the goal and allowing those fears to control me. (This is similar to people being told not to look down when they are climbing great heights.) .
             The bridge doesn't break - and I get across unharmed. According to my "association" meanings, the strong bridge seems to symbolize the freedom, which comes with pressing forward through those fears to achieve my goal.
             It's not something that I choose to embrace in my personality; rather it's something that I have to struggle with throughout my existence. Whenever I look at myself, all I picture is an apprehensive individual, who has been deceived by the hallucination of being faultless. I am always bound to obsess more on my weaknesses, and overlook my strengths. Thus, I would constantly be in a duel with myself, the ultimate "no-win" condition. My perfectionism can be a stumbling block on the path. Having the compulsive need to be perfect can be very hard on anyone. Often, people, like me, aren't aware that they are perfectionists, unless it is pointed out to them or they begin to recognize the trait within themselves.
             Often, the reason why I fail to see it is that I often feel that I"m coming up short or not making the mark. Because I"m not able to bring about the perfect conditions that I desire, I tend to view myself not as a perfectionist, but as a failure.


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