Overcoming Obstacles: A Summary And Analysis

Sometimes obstacles are more than a hurdle to jump over. We have to learn not only how to overcome our trials, but how to cope with them emotionally. When I was seven years old I was diagnosed with leukemia. I basically lived in the hospital for two years, and while I received treatments to get better physically, my emotional journey was different. The biggest lesson I learned was how much a smile, a ‘thank you’, and a little hope can mean to someone. Whenever I’d see my doctors, I always had a knock-knock joke ready. My one doctor, Dr. Goodell, would always laugh and respond with another joke, but Dr. Kwan, my other oncologist, made me laugh claiming he’d already heard my joke, since he didn’t understand the concept of knock-knock jokes. I