Getting a kite up in the air can be a real challenge, especially when you stand on the tail.
This was today’s lesson by the bay, as I watched a young father try with persistence to get his kite, stamped with a spaceship, to lift-off.
After numerous adjustments to his backward gait, the line length, arm placement and evaluating whether the kite was put together properly in the first place, this frustrated father was close to chucking the kite, streamers and all, into the sand and calling it quits when he happened to look down and realize he was standing on the kite’s tail.
I think I saw a relieved smile creep up the corners of his mouth, as if he were glad to discover he was not kite-challenged after all.
Like this kite-flyer, when it comes to achieving something, we are often our own worst enemies, standing on the tail of our dreams and our growth.
Our plans, our relationships, and our spiritual lives may be stunted as much by our own failure to pay attention as by our sometimes misguided decisions and tendency for blaming others, especially God.
On more than one occasion, when I’ve complained about things not going as I’d like, I’m certain I’ve heard God say, “Well, if you would just pick up your foot and get out of my way, we might make some progress!”
A good first step is when I can get in line with Jimmy Buffet and admit, “I know it’s my own damn fault!”
God Talk and Tea 
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