There will be obstacles in your personal flow of life, changing your direction the way you view things on life. These obstacles are the things that make you grow as a person. Sometimes the obstacle in your life is yourself, and you are holding you back with great intensity. You will not know you are holding yourself back until you see you need to change, but that takes a strong will and a long time to do.
Nothing in life is predetermined. You have the God-given gift of free choice. So use the freedom of choice to do what you think is right.
Some obstacles will be beneficial to your life most of them being your friends. What you do with your friends, weather you push them away or keep them close, is a choice you make. If you push them away you are left alone, and no one wants to be alone. It is by human nature that we desire companionship and love, that is how God designed us.
Two things to learn from this,
1. God wanted us to be united, because there is only so much we can do on our own.
2. It is not just the obstacles in your path that shape who you are, but it is also how you deal with them.
