Maybe a Setback is a Stepback

When a roadblock stops me in my tracks,  

I expect it to prevent me from going forward down my busy, inevitable path. 

When I have a setback, I don’t know if it is going to be big or small, short or long. Will it feel like forever or is it just a glitch, hardly worth mentioning?  

In truth, I find I am forced to step back and take a look at the obtruction from a different perspective. I might look for ways under, over or around.  

Maybe there is a totally different road to take.

Maybe this barrier is a bridge.  

My life has had a few physical, emotional, and spiritual setbacks. Yet without them,

how would I measure my life? 

Through it all the sun shines, the moon rises;  

Waves go in and out, in and out.

Tides rise and fall.  

Through it all, I spin with the earth. 

Since now is gone forever, forward is all we have.   

I hereby rename setbacks...

            “C’est la vie.”