Overcoming Obstacles In 'Brick Walls Are There For A Reason'

Throughout the book, Randy says: “Brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” This quote suggests that we all face formidable obstacles from time to time (the brick wall). Most people might stare at the brick wall in horror and just give up. In other words, the brick wall is there to stop people who will not commit themselves to reaching their goals. However, the brick wall is definitely not impetrentable. People who want to reach their beloved goals desperately will eventually fight through the brick wall instead of retreating away from it. Even though the brick wall will clearly be intimidating, it will not stop someone who is determined to reach his/her goal. Randy faces many difficulties in his life, but he rarely stands down to them. When Randy states this over and over again throughout the story, this is what he means.

However, one of my brick walls stands out at me in particular. When I was in the seventh grade, I was trying out for travel baseball for the fourth year in a row. For the last two years, I was on the B team for Hillsborough baseball. Even though being on any travel team was a phenomenal experience, I was determined that this year I would finally make the A team. My dad and I would try to practice everyday before tryouts. I knew it was going to be difficult to make the A team because there were many excellent players in our grade. However, I wanted to make the team desperately. Finally, tryouts came around, and I was as ready as I’ll ever be. I felt my heart beating out of my chest throughout the whole tryout. Every time I threw the ball, I felt the ball slip a little because of my sweaty palms. Even though of my nervousness, I thought I did decent in the