Inspiring, amazing, creative people. They work hard and never give up. There is something inside of them that just drives them forward and upward endlessly. Thank God we have those tireless souls working day in and day out for the betterment of this planet!

What about those brick walls though? How hard it is for these driven, high energy people that are used to accomplishing so much to hit a brick wall. They honestly become dazed and confused for a bit...as though they had banged their heads on an actual wall of brick and promptly bounced onto their bottom. Without the actual wall there to guide them, they get back up and go again, and again and again. In frustration they call it a bad day, or a bad week and set it in their minds that it will work out fine. They just have to solve this one problem or challenge. They're used to getting their way because they work so hard that they usually do.

The other day I found myself shaking off the brick wall effect after about the fourth bounce on my rear. As I went for a break grumbling about the set back it occurred to me that had I followed my intuition several steps back, I would have made a left turn and probably not found that brick wall. But instead I was so determined to accomplish a set of goals in the impossible time limit I'd set for myself, that I plowed right ahead...intuition not headed. Intelligent, creative people tend to be impatient because they can actually see and feel the end result as the inspiration is unfolding. They already know how something they are working on is supposed to look, feel, and act. In their minds they are experiencing the completed project. When what they are working on doesn't flow into the predicted channels in a very sensible manner...Boom, brick wall!

What is the Universe trying to tell us in these moments? How could it be that we are given inspiration, drive, motivation, and the ability only to be told to wait. It's like sitting on a curb waiting for a bus you aren't sure is coming. Feeling frustrated and wasting valuable time is not on these people's agenda. They are problem solvers, not problem watchers. So they sit, looking at the wall, wondering how and why it got there, or how and why they didn't manage to go around it.

Maybe what the Universe is telling them is that they need to take some time out and find a soft pillow instead. It might be that we need to re-center, renew, and re-invigorate ourselves. When throwing all you have into a project, you are also "spending" all of your energy on it as well. There is to little of you left to feel connected to source energy. We often ignore the signals that are telling us it's time for a break, placating them by telling ourselves that if we could just 'get this one more thing out of the way, everything will be fine and I'll take a break.'

I think maybe the brick wall syndrome is actually a sign that it's time for a soft pillow. It might be the one on your bed, or it might be something else. Maybe it is a good book or a movie. Laughing and playing with kids and pets sure feels like a soft pillow after a brick wall. Some good food and good company seems to clear the mind. What ever it is that feels wonderful and nurturing to you is your soft pillow. You might have several of them and need to take a turn resting on all of them before the brick wall dissolves. As for me, being stubborn hasn't made one go away yet. But finding what feels like a big soft pillow to land on does...if only I could remember that while I'm bouncing off of walls. Hmm, is that where that expression came from?

May all your landings be soft ones,
Evo