Long before his rise to fame, artist Gus Nickerson experimented with many variations on a single theme—until that fateful day when a friend said, “Gus … have you tried dogs playing poker?”
“Okay, Jane, this guy you want me to go out with—you say he lives alone, he doesn’t have any friends, and he has a slight frothing problem. … He’s not a rogue, is he?”
You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily — you are the only one who can do it permanently.