River stones, crystals, gem stones. We have stones of pride, stones of grief, stones of anger, stones of guilt. Stones holding us back and keeping us apart from each other. We have our own stones around us and stones others have put in place around us. Stones stop us from moving on.
Little pebbles make the journey rough and uncomfortable.
We can't go under them or around them. Sometimes all we can do is go through them. In the movie, The Shawshank Redemption, one of the prisoners uses a small gemstone hammer to tunnel through the thick stone wall of his prison cell. It took years before he was able to go through the stones keeping him in prison and be free again. Stones, large and small can get in our way and stop us from doing what we are called to do.